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Winston Churchill's Last Campaign
John W. Young
其他書名
Britain and the Cold War 1951-5
出版Clarendon Press, 1996
主題Biography & Autobiography / HistoricalHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / 20th CenturyHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralHistory / Modern / 20th Century / Cold WarPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / International Relations / General
ISBN01982036759780198203674
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=IDlnAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Largely because of his famous 'Iron Curtain' speech, Churchill is often remembered as a determined Cold Warrior. Yet, for all his fervent anti-communism, he saw the creation of the Western Alliance as a step not towards war, but towards negotiations with the USSR. John Young shows how, as Prime Minister in the 1950s, he hoped for a summit meeting with Soviet leaders, an end to the Cold War, and an era of peaceful scientific advancement by humankind. He exmaines the reasons why Churchill failed in this, his last great political campaign, reasons which included his own failing health, the scepticism of allies abroad. and the opposition of his ministers at home. Nonetheless, argues the author, the outlook which Churchill developed in the first decade of the Cold War made him the father of the European detente. This is the first full critical analysis of the issue which dominated the last active years of one of the greatest statesmen of the twentieth century.