Title: In command of history : Churchill fighting and writing the Second World War /
Authors: Reynolds, David, 1952-
Publisher: Allen Lane,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Churchill, Winston,; Churchill, Winston,; World War, 1939-1945 Historiography.; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British History and criticism.
Contents: Epilogue, July 1945 -- To write or not to write? -- Contracts : Churchill against the publishers -- Papers : Churchill against the bureaucrats -- Reputation : Churchill against mortality -- Taking the plunge -- The gathering storm, 1919-1940, 1946-1948 : Setting a course ; The unnecessary road to Munich ; Twilight for Chamberlain, New dawn for Churchill ; Prophet of the past and the future -- Their finest hour 1940, 1946-1949 : Between memoir and history ; 'Victory at all costs' ; The Battle of Britain and the Mediterranean gamble ; His finest hour -- The grand alliance, 1941-1942, 1948-1950 : 'In the event of your death' ; The crisis of spring 1941 ; forging an alliance ; 'Man of the half-century' -- The hinge of fate, 1942-1943, 1948-1951 : 'The worst mess yet' ; Asian disasters, desert victory, and the silence of Stalingrad ; Second front -- when, where, how? ; Fighting with allies -- and colleagues ; 'The best of Winnie's memoirs' -- Closing the ring, 1941-1944, 1949-1952 : Deadlines ; Churchill and 'the Mediterranean strategy' ; The tyranny of 'Overlord' ; The future of Europe ; 'On the defensive' -- Triumph and tragedy, 1944-1945, 1950-1954 : A very diplomatic history ; Overlord and underdog ; The unnecessary Cold War ; 'It seems incredible' -- Leaving it to history, 1955-65 -- Prologue, January 1965.