Churchill's Empire : The World That Made Him and the World He Made (Hardcover)

from rivkat

Toye surveys Churchill's acts and statements about Britain's empire, from Ireland to South Africa, Canada, Australia, and India, over the course of his extremely eventful lifetime. The book therefore skims over a lot of things that deserve (and have) books of their own, but I was really intereste...

from bennyb

An interesting read. An insight into Churchill's attitude towards the British Empire over his lifetime. By reading this book I learned Churchill often would contradict himself. For instance he believed in fundamental human rights for all men but seemed to exclude some ethnic groups from this prin...

from rivkat

Toye surveys Churchill's acts and statements about Britain's empire, from Ireland to South Africa, Canada, Australia, and India, over the course of his extremely eventful lifetime. The book therefore skims over a lot of things that deserve (and have) books of their own, but I was really intereste...

from bennyb

An interesting read. An insight into Churchill's attitude towards the British Empire over his lifetime. By reading this book I learned Churchill often would contradict himself. For instance he believed in fundamental human rights for all men but seemed to exclude some ethnic groups from this prin...

from RTS1942

A useful review of Churchill's role in the Empire and effort to analyse his true feelings and how they may have changed over his long career.