Churchill and Sea Power

by Christopher M. Bell

Book Overview

Winston Churchill had a longer and closer relationship with the Royal Navy than any British statesman in modern times, but his record as a naval strategist and custodian of the nation's sea power has been mired in controversy since the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign in 1915. Today, Churchill is regarded by many as an inept strategist who interfered in naval operations and often overrode his professional advisers - with inevitably disastrous results...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199693579
• ISBN13: 9780199693573
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.1" x 6.4"