Author: John Charmley
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
ISBN: 1461720923
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Most studies of World War II assume that it was, in some way, a triumph for Britain. John Charmley’s important new reappraisal of the immediate origins of the war is based on extensive new work in the Chamberlain papers. It starts from Chamberlain’s belief that even a victorious war would be a disaster—it would destroy the foundations of British power and hand over Europe to Russian domination. Reconstructing Chamberlain’s policy assumptions, Mr. Charmley argues that they were neither naïve nor foolish. While focusing on the prime minister’s personality, he also shows that Chamberlain’s views were shared by many other leading politicians and diplomats. Mr. Charmley thus resurrects a whole school of thought on foreign policy which was forgotten in the wake of Churchill’s triumph. Unlike Churchill, Chamberlain was not prepared to gamble an empire; but events produced, according to Mr. Charmley, indeed a “human tragedy.” Early British reviews of the book have called it “important,” “entertaining and absorbing,” “concise and spirited,” and “provocative.” The Guardian wrote: “Chamberlain hardly emerges a hero from these pages, but at least there is no excuse left for regarding him as no more than a wimp in a wing-collar.”
Chamberlain and the Lost Peace
John Chamberlain
Author: John Chamberlain
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Joshua Chamberlain
Author: John J. Pullen
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811708869
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Pullen explores renowned military hero Joshua Chamberlain's later life through the lens of his Civil War experiences. 24 illustrations.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811708869
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Pullen explores renowned military hero Joshua Chamberlain's later life through the lens of his Civil War experiences. 24 illustrations.
John Chamberlain
Author: John Chamberlain
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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John Chamberlain
Author: John Chamberlain
Publisher: PaceWildenstein
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher: PaceWildenstein
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
John Chamberlain
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781878283979
Category : Abstract expressionism
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781878283979
Category : Abstract expressionism
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
John Chamberlain
Author: John Chamberlain
Publisher: Cantz Editions
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher: Cantz Editions
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Black Mountain Chamberlain
Author: John Chamberlain
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691204489
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
A selection of poems written by future sculptor John Chamberlain while he was at Black Mountain College in 1955.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691204489
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
A selection of poems written by future sculptor John Chamberlain while he was at Black Mountain College in 1955.
John Chamberlain
Author: John Chamberlain
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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John Chamberlain
Author: John Chamberlain
Publisher:
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Category : Sculptors
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Sculptors
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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