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Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

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Introduction; World War I and the Inter-War Period; War and Leadership; Post-War Career; Assessment
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Churchill's death in 1965 marked the end of an era in British history. Born into an aristocratic family, he participated in Britain's transformation from British Empire to Welfare State and its decline as a world power, developments which he bitterly regretted. He is particularly remembered for his courageous stand as prime minister in 1940 and 1941, when Britain stood alone against perhaps the most dangerous adversary it had faced in its long history.

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Michael Dockrill, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., F.R.Hist.S.
Professor of Diplomatic History, King's College, London. Author of The Cold War 1945-1963; British Defence since 1945; British Foreign Policy 1945-1956; and British Establishment Perspectives on France 1936-1940.
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