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When Winston Churchill was asked by George VI to take the reins of power in May 1940 he later recalled that â??I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.â??

Our relationship with the Greatest Briton is similarly framed by this same sense of an inevitable fate. It is difficult, from our perspective, to disentangle the man from the legend that has accumulated around him.

The Telegraph had a uniquely close connection with Churchill following every stage of his career, from his early days as a war correspondent for the paper, through his time in the political wilderness, the turbulent war years and his astoundingly energetic life as an elder statesman.Â Collected here, for the first time, is the best reportage on this most fascinating of men. Unencumbered by his mythic status, there is praise and blame in equal measure: finding space for both dramatic accounts of his wartime premiership and affectionate reports on the animals living at Chartwell, his country estate.

The Telegraph was also a happy home for Churchill the journalist, and featured within are many pieces written in his unmistakeable prose â?? he was as comfortable issuing stern jeremiads about the dangers of socialism, or the threat of Hitlerâ??s Germany as he was enthusing about painting.

Restoring much of the urgency and freshness to the life of this extraordinary man, Churchill at the Telegraph is a celebration of an intimate relationship that lasted over sixty years and shows Winston Churchill in all his paradoxical glory.

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'A celebration of the intimate connection between the war-time Prime Minister and the Telegraph, which shows Churchill in all his paradoxical glory.'

'A fascinating insight into British history as it unfolded and into the man who was at the heart of so much of it.'

'A celebration of the intimate connection between the war-time Prime Minister and the Telegraph, which shows Churchill in all his paradoxical glory.'

'A fascinating insight into British history as it unfolded and into the man who was at the heart of so much of it.'

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DR A. WARREN DOCKTER is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and gained his PhD at the University of Nottingham in July 2012. He has taught at the University of Exeter and the University ofÂ Worcester and was an Archives By-Fellow at Churchill College. His research interest lies in British Imperialism in the Middle East during the late nineteenth and twentieth century, encapsulating orientalism and trans-national historical approaches.Â

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BorisJohnson is a British politician, popular historian and journalist who has served as Mayor of London since 2008 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Johnson previously served as the MP for Henley from 2001 until 2008.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aurum Press (December 23, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1781314527
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781314524
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1.13 x 8.75 inches

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Warren Dockter is a fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and gained his PhD at the University of Nottingham in July 2012. He has taught at the University of Exeter and the University of Worcester and was an Archives By-Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. His research interest lies in British Imperialism in the Middle East during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition, Warren is regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph.

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Major Arnold Toht

As essential as it is enjoyable.

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I picked this book up after reading, and loving, Warren Dockter's "Churchill and the Islamic World". Although this is not a biography it is an excellent collection of Churchill's writings to The Telegraph and chronicles his unique and prolific relationship with this iconic newspaper. Anyone wanting to understand the evolution of thought Churchill underwent over his lifetime would be well-served to read this collection. Due to its format, its an easy to digest compendium of thought. There is no substitute for reading the actual words of Churchill as insight to his thinking; however, this book is more than just a collection. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Warren Dockter's own fingerprints were found throughout. From the editorial choices of the order of topics presented, to his concise and insightful introductions to each topic, this book is an essential addition to the collection of any Churchill fan.

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A very nice selection of pieces by or on Winston Churchill, as published over time by a London newspaper, The Telegraph.

This not a biography of Churchill, but one will learn much about his life and career by reading this volume. For the newcomer to Churchill, it will lead to more in-depth reading. For a veteran admirer of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, it will be a small but worthy addition to that person's shelf of books devoted to Churchill and his times.

Note: Another good specialty book on Winston Churchill is "Churchill Style" by Barry Singer (2012).

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Don't mention the war!

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Before he became a politician, Churchill was both a serving soldier and a war correspondent, forging a relationship with the right-wing Telegraph newspaper that lasted on and off for the whole of his life. This book is an amalgamation of articles which appeared in the paper, either written by or about Churchill over his long career. Having thoroughly enjoyed another Telegraph publication last year, The Telegraph Book of the First World War, I had high expectations of this one, which sadly it didn't wholly meet.

Some of the articles written by Churchill are outstanding. His description of the naval war in WW1 is lucid and revealing about the arguments over tactics between the politicians and Admiralty bigwigs. It's a potted history of the whole thing, from the positioning of the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow through to the U-boat war and the measures taken to combat it – the Dover barrage and the adoption of the system of convoys. As always in his writing, Churchill's personality comes through – his criticisms of the Admiralty feel personal on occasion – but he is very good at making complicated issues clear for the less well informed reader.

He also speaks intelligently and perceptively about the 'dole' – how National Insurance should be used, in his opinion, to support those people who are left without work for a period of time. Many of the arguments he was putting forward back in the middle of the last century are still being debated today and he was unusually perceptive at recognising that the future would probably lead to an ageing population with all the pressures that would place on the newly-formed Welfare State. It's rather depressing to think that present-day politicians seem to have been taken by surprise by issues Churchill foresaw 60 or 70 years ago.

There is also a rather excellent section in the book on Churchill's post-WW2 plea for the formation of a United States of Europe, where he envisions much of what has subsequently come to pass, and pretty much in the way he suggested. He felt that it was crucial for France, still reeling from the war, to reach out a hand of forgiveness to defeated Germany, and to forge unbreakable bonds between first the major and then the minor nations of Europe to prevent the never-ending wars that had brought the entire continent to its knees. He believed both the United Nations and a treaty between Europe and the US (subsequently NATO) would be crucial in ensuring peace and in providing a bulwark against the encroachment of communism in the form of the USSR. All familiar stuff to us now, but prescient and influential when he was writing.

So there's plenty of good stuff in here. Unfortunately, a lot of the rest is either filler or not set well enough in context to make it informative without pre-existing background knowledge. Each section has a little introduction, but these don't give enough information to explain the background to the following articles. Therefore, the bits I've picked out as excellent are the things that I already had some knowledge of. But when Churchill is talking about his time in India way back before WW1, for example, I was completely at a loss – I didn't know who we were fighting or why, or who won, and I was none the wiser afterwards. Like the First World War book, this one has no notes, but while I felt in worked in that book by pushing the reader into the same position as the original readers of the newspaper, in this one it felt like a real weakness – the original readers would have been aware of the context in a way that most modern readers won't be. I also found the articles about Churchill arriving at train stations, complete with descriptions of what he and his wife were wearing, or the articles about his pets(!), lacked much relevance or interest to all but the most dedicated Churchill enthusiast.

My other main complaint is that the book is by no means complete. We are told that Churchill wrote a series of fortnightly articles for the paper during the run-up to WW2. But we only get to read a couple of them. Had the bits about his budgerigar been left out, perhaps the space could have been filled with something more enlightening. Also, the way the book has been divided up into sections by subject means that the timeline jumps all over the place – one minute we're in the 1940s and then suddenly we're back in the 1910s. And oddly, WW2 seems to be almost entirely missing! I grant that Churchill probably didn't have much time for article writing at that period; however, presumably the paper was reporting on the war and on Churchill's role, but the mentions of it in this book are few and far between.

So, despite a few excellent articles, overall I found the book pretty disappointing. A missed opportunity – with more focused editing, a linear structure and fuller contextual information I feel this could have been done so much better. As it is, I can't give it more than a lukewarm recommendation at best.

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This collection of `Telegraph' articles by and about Winston Churchill spans more than sixty years, from the war reporting of a very young officer on the Northwest Frontier to moving retrospectives on an astonishing life.

The coverage is spread quite evenly across the whole period so that, for example, Churchill's prophetic hopes of post-war unity in Europe and warnings on the danger of the Cold War receive attention similar to either World War. This helpfully reemphasises his importance and range over many decades and illustrates clearly that his political life did not end with defeat in the 1945 General Election, which is perhaps a timely reminder.

Each chapter has articles collected by topic with a short introduction by Dr. Dockter to set each section clearly in context. The book is chronological in that the early war reporting comes first, the articles on social policy and Home Rule before those on the First World War and so on, but some topics combine the contemporary articles with those written about the same subject with the benefit of hindsight.

The variety is fascinatingly wide; from reviews of his books to momentous geopolitical prophecy to the delightfully trivial ("Sir Winston's Lion Makes Friends"), illustrating that for most of his adult life, he was News. No space is taken by an index or wasted between articles, just the heading, the date of publication and an author credit where applicable before we are back into the text.

Since most of the articles were published soon after the events being reported, it's interesting to see what the reporters did *not* include; moments that we now consider iconic did not always make it to the page. For example, the 1946 speech in Fulton, Missouri is reported but without actually including the phrase "Iron Curtain".

For the articles collected in at least the early chapters, no one (except perhaps Churchill) would have imagined that this was a man "walking with destiny" as he of course would later put it. So there we can see him written about as a young author or a politician not always in tune with the politics of the writers, such as over Irish Home Rule.

It's an unusual view to gain of Churchill and adds to the interest of a book which would be equally fascinating and enjoyable to read either continuously, chapter by chapter or even article by article - as `Telegraph' readers did for so many decades.

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Don't mention the war!

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Before he became a politician, Churchill was both a serving soldier and a war correspondent, forging a relationship with the right-wing Telegraph newspaper that lasted on and off for the whole of his life. This book is an amalgamation of articles which appeared in the paper, either written by or about Churchill over his long career. Having thoroughly enjoyed another Telegraph publication last year, The Telegraph Book of the First World War, I had high expectations of this one, which sadly it didn't wholly meet.

Some of the articles written by Churchill are outstanding. His description of the naval war in WW1 is lucid and revealing about the arguments over tactics between the politicians and Admiralty bigwigs. It's a potted history of the whole thing, from the positioning of the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow through to the U-boat war and the measures taken to combat it – the Dover barrage and the adoption of the system of convoys. As always in his writing, Churchill's personality comes through – his criticisms of the Admiralty feel personal on occasion – but he is very good at making complicated issues clear for the less well informed reader.

He also speaks intelligently and perceptively about the 'dole' – how National Insurance should be used, in his opinion, to support those people who are left without work for a period of time. Many of the arguments he was putting forward back in the middle of the last century are still being debated today and he was unusually perceptive at recognising that the future would probably lead to an ageing population with all the pressures that would place on the newly-formed Welfare State. It's rather depressing to think that present-day politicians seem to have been taken by surprise by issues Churchill foresaw 60 or 70 years ago.

There is also a rather excellent section in the book on Churchill's post-WW2 plea for the formation of a United States of Europe, where he envisions much of what has subsequently come to pass, and pretty much in the way he suggested. He felt that it was crucial for France, still reeling from the war, to reach out a hand of forgiveness to defeated Germany, and to forge unbreakable bonds between first the major and then the minor nations of Europe to prevent the never-ending wars that had brought the entire continent to its knees. He believed both the United Nations and a treaty between Europe and the US (subsequently NATO) would be crucial in ensuring peace and in providing a bulwark against the encroachment of communism in the form of the USSR. All familiar stuff to us now, but prescient and influential when he was writing.

So there's plenty of good stuff in here. Unfortunately, a lot of the rest is either filler or not set well enough in context to make it informative without pre-existing background knowledge. Each section has a little introduction, but these don't give enough information to explain the background to the following articles. Therefore, the bits I've picked out as excellent are the things that I already had some knowledge of. But when Churchill is talking about his time in India way back before WW1, for example, I was completely at a loss – I didn't know who we were fighting or why, or who won, and I was none the wiser afterwards. Like the First World War book, this one has no notes, but while I felt in worked in that book by pushing the reader into the same position as the original readers of the newspaper, in this one it felt like a real weakness – the original readers would have been aware of the context in a way that most modern readers won't be. I also found the articles about Churchill arriving at train stations, complete with descriptions of what he and his wife were wearing, or the articles about his pets(!), lacked much relevance or interest to all but the most dedicated Churchill enthusiast.

My other main complaint is that the book is by no means complete. We are told that Churchill wrote a series of fortnightly articles for the paper during the run-up to WW2. But we only get to read a couple of them. Had the bits about his budgerigar been left out, perhaps the space could have been filled with something more enlightening. Also, the way the book has been divided up into sections by subject means that the timeline jumps all over the place – one minute we're in the 1940s and then suddenly we're back in the 1910s. And oddly, WW2 seems to be almost entirely missing! I grant that Churchill probably didn't have much time for article writing at that period; however, presumably the paper was reporting on the war and on Churchill's role, but the mentions of it in this book are few and far between.

So, despite a few excellent articles, overall I found the book pretty disappointing. A missed opportunity – with more focused editing, a linear structure and fuller contextual information I feel this could have been done so much better. As it is, I can't give it more than a lukewarm recommendation at best.

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Nice Book

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Bought this for a friend for Christmas I am sure he will be pleased with it !

Albert

Not as good as you might think it might be.

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None of the articles contained in this book jump out.
The wicked wit (title of a book about WSC I believe) of WSC nor the great foresight frequently (or is it always?) attributed to him not apparent in these articles at all.

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