| Description |
1 online resource (471 pages) |
| Series |
Winston Churchill World Crisis Collection ; v. 2 |
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Winston Churchill World Crisis Collection
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| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; I. The Deadlock in the West; II. The Search for a Naval Offensive; III. The Beginning of the Year; IV. The Origins of Tank and Smoke; V. The Choice; VI. The Action of the Dogger Bank; VII. Second Thoughts and Final Decision; VIII. The Genesis of the Military Attack; IX. Fall of the Outer Forts and the Second Greek Offer; X. The New Resolve; XI. The 18th of March; XII. Admiral de Robeck's Change of Plan; XIII. The Case for Perseverance and Decision; XIV. The First Defeat of the U-Boats; XV. The Increasing Tension |
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XVI. The Battle of the BeachesXVII. After the Landing; XVIII. The Fall of the Government; XIX. The Effort of the New Administration; XX. The Darkening Scene; XXI. The Battle of Suvla Bay; XXII. The Ruin of the Balkans; XXIII. The Abandonment of the Dardanelles; XXIV. The Consequences of 1915; Appendix; F Admiralty Orders for the Attack on the Dardanelles; G The State of the Navy, May, 1915; H First Lord's Minutes; I Lord Fisher's Resignation |
| Summary |
The second volume in Churchill's "outstandingly readable history of the First World War" (David Fromkin, author of A Peace to End All Peace). This second volume in Winston Churchill's five-volume series The World Crisis is by far the most personal'dealing frankly with Churchill's failures as a military leader and his ultimately unsuccessful battle to break the European deadlock. After the disastrous Gallipoli landings on the Dardanelles, Winston Churchill served for several months as commander of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. During this time, he served on one of the most violent stretches of the front lines, making a total of 36 courageous expeditions into No Man's Land. In this chapter of his "remarkable" eyewitness account (Jon Meacham), Churchill provides an unflinching narrative of a particularly challenging time in World War I and in his own career'providing fascinating insight into the mental and psychological challenges faced by a major historical leader |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780795331404 |
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0795331401 |
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