Winston Churchill's Last Campaign

Renowned for his famous `Iron Curtain' speech of 1946, Winston Churchill is often remembered as a fervent anti-communist. Yet as post-war Prime Minister he became obsessed with the idea of ending the Cold War. In this lucid and persuasive analysis of events during the early 1950s, John Young examines Churchill's vain search for a summit with Soviet leaders, and the divisions this caused within the British government and the Western Alliance. This study fills an important gap in our understanding of Churchill's role in this, the last great political campaign of one of the greatest statesmen of the twentieth century.