Churchill’s Last Stand

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After the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill swore to build a peace across Europe that would last a generation.Fighting against the new 'Iron Curtain' which had fallen across the world, and battling the person disappointment of losing the 1945 election in Britain, Churchill dedicated the rest of his life to forging a united Europe. This book, based in part on new evidence, tells the story of these fascinating years in Churchill’s postwar history. Front Cover Author Bio Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Plates Acknowledgements 1. ‘Something That Will Astonish You’: Zurich, 19 September 1946 2. ‘Vague and Puzzling Idealism’: 1930–1940 3. Three Days in June: Indissoluble Union, 1940 4. ‘A Good European’: From Adana to Potsdam, 1940–1945 5. ‘Let Europe Arise!’: Switzerland, September 1946 6. ‘The Big Thing in a Big Way’: Zurich, September 1946 7. ‘The Ideal Should Be EUROPE’: Campaigning in Britain I, 1946–1947 8. ‘We Shall Have Done Our Best’: Campaigning in Britain II, 1947–1948 9. ‘Here I Am at Home’: The Congress of Europe, May 1948 10. ‘Where Are the Germans?’: The Council of Europe, August 1949–1951 11. ‘A Sad Disillusionment’: Peacetime Government, 1951–1952 12. ‘Exactly What I Suggested at Strasbourg’: European Defence, 1952–1955 13. ‘My Party Was Too Strong for Me’: Last Thoughts, 1955–1965 Notes Bibliography Index Plates Back Cover