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Preface
Introduction
Chronology of Significant Events in the Lives of the Pelham Brothers
Unpublished Personal Papers
Published Compilations of Original Papers Containing Pelham Brothers' Letters
Contemporary Memoirs, Diaries, and Correspondence Containing Important Material on the Pelhams
Speeches in Parliament
Pamphlets Relating to the Pelhams
Newspapers
Journals and Periodicals
The Pelhams' Lives and Careers
Special Topics
Portraits, Satires, and Poems
Places Associated with the Pelhams
Ideology and Historiography
Bibliographies and Guides to Further Materials
Recent Histories of Eighteenth-Century Britain
Index to Authors
Index to Correspondents and Subjects
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David Snapp
reviewed The Duke Of Newcastle, 1693-1768, And Henry Pelham, 1694-1754 on November 18, 2012
The Duke Of Newcastle, 1693-1768, And Henry Pelham, 1694-1754
Over one half of this book focuses on the World War II years. Martin Gilbert has a style of "only the facts". There is little probing beneath the surface as the book quotes Churchill enormously and also uses letters sent to Churchill. I was, for instance, hoping to find some enlightenment as to why Churchill did not attend Roosevelt's funeral, but found virtually none. Churchill travelled continuously during the war years - so why did he not go to the U.S. to at least meet Roosevelt's successor Truman? I did find some interesting speculation on this in Jon Meacham's Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship.
"Churchill and America" makes for highly interesting reading because the story in itself is great history. But there are still many things missing. Eleanor Roosevelt is absent and Clementine is rarely present.
Martin Gilbert follows the path of many historians in the assumption that Roosevelt caved in at Yalta. He does not mention the concessions that Stalin gave about the U.N. or that Poland was already a "fait accompli" for Stalin by that time (there were millions of Russian troops in Poland by January 1945).
My favourite quote (in a telegram to Truman): "An iron curtain is drawn upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind this enormous Muscovite advance into the centre of Europe which will isolate us from Poland".
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Add The Duke Of Newcastle, 1693-1768, And Henry Pelham, 1694-1754, Chief ministers in 18th century Britain, the Pelham brothers guided Britain through the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. Yet it is only in the second half of the the 20th century that historians have confirmed their importance. Des, The Duke Of Newcastle, 1693-1768, And Henry Pelham, 1694-1754 to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add The Duke Of Newcastle, 1693-1768, And Henry Pelham, 1694-1754, Chief ministers in 18th century Britain, the Pelham brothers guided Britain through the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. Yet it is only in the second half of the the 20th century that historians have confirmed their importance. Des, The Duke Of Newcastle, 1693-1768, And Henry Pelham, 1694-1754 to your collection on WonderClub |
