The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 941.0840924 EAN: 9780316545129 ISBN: 0316545120 Label: Little, Brown and Company Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 756 Publication Date: 1988-10-28 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Studio: Little, Brown and Company
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Manchester's last masterpiece of Winston Churchill Comment: William Manchester has written a classic description of the Wilderness Years of Winston Churchill. His foray into the abyss of English politics is described at length. Mr. Manchester described the practice of the English government of ignoring Mr. Churchill and his many diatribes in the House of Commons. In fact what was happening in Germany with the formation of the Nazi Party alarmed Winston. During this period of the Gathering Storm Churchill indeed has intelligence contacts who reported to him of the real situation happening in Germany. As a back bencher Winston continued to try to warn Baldwin and later Neville Chamberlain of the true Tectonic intentions. Some recent theories describe Churchill as an aggressive Patrician seeking glory. Sorry folks, you are indeed wrong. What Winston stood for was the right of people to have peace. I realize that Churchill was a Victorian Warrior. His stance today would be too extreme and unacceptable in our current political scheme. But in 1940 Mr. Churchill represented the last hope of a Democratic presence in the World willing to face the Nazi menace. Manchester does this book well. He describes in detail how Churchill economically survives by writing. Winston utilizes an extensive staff to write his many articles and books during his Wilderness years. Manchester describes in detail how he does it. These journalistic efforts kept Winston one step ahead of his Creditors. He continued to live the life of aristocracy even though he was really poor. His destiny awaits. Good for him! I rate it 5 Stars. To bad Manchester dies before old Winston does in trying to write the complete life of Chruchill!! Of course Manchester dies way after Winston, I'm just speaking metaphorically. Customer Rating: Summary: Churchill Comment: Finest biography on Churchill ever written. A pity Manchester died before completing the third book of the trilogy. Customer Rating: Summary: Brilliantly Written European History - 1932 to 1940 Comment: The Last Lion, Alone covers the history of Europe from the time Hitler first came to power in Germany to the time that Hitler invaded the Low Countries and World War II began. During this period Churchill, who continually fought against the appeasement policies of Chamberlain, rose from Back Bench irrelevance to become Brittan's Prime Minister. The history of this period is a gripping saga of one man's malicious attempt to dominate Europe and another man's noble efforts to stop him - a classical case of good vs evil - told as an almost unbelievable story in the words of a master story teller. Customer Rating: Summary: Grab a bottle of Scotch and have at this book! Comment: William Manchester informs and entertains in this excellent historical account of the critical years leading up to WWII, juxtaposing the appeasement practices of predecessors Baldwin and Chamberlain with the unwavering belief in the principles of freedom held by Churchill. The book (along with Manchester's first volume) gives terrific insight into the transition from the glory days of the British Empire to the Post WWI apathy that beset the British public. As well, the work provides delightful commentary on the characters surrounding Churhill's life including his colorful mother Jennie, his wife Clementine and his nemesis Adolf Hitler. Customer Rating: Summary: Churchill was begging.... Comment: After the fall of France in June 1940, Winston Churchill was begging USA President Roosevelt for military aid (in fact, all sorts of support was then needed) as no one knew what would the 'fate' of the French fleet was going to be. Churchill kept reminding the American president that Britain would not surrender even if left alone. Churchill was defiant despite the fact that the two 'key' American ambassadors, in France and Great Britain, were pro Hitler (or at least they were not anti-Nazi). Joseph Kennedy (USA Ambassador to GB) openly cautioned his fellow Americans against entering the war because the 'allies' would soon be beaten. However, I would have liked to see more comments about the position and reaction of the king - king George VI. Was he indifferent? We should remember that Hitler had been addressing the King as the man whom the British Government circles have loathed, and as the only 'hope' for a reconciliation between the Third Reich and GB. In this context it is true that Churchill was indeed ALONE More Reviews