Winston Churchill was not only a statesman and leader of historic proportions, he also possessed substantial literary talents. These two factors combine to make The Gathering Storma unique work. The first volume of Churchill's memoirs, this selection is broken into two parts. The first, From War to War,consists of Churchill's critical observations on the settlement of World War I and its place in the causes of the Second World War. The second volume contains letters and memoranda from the British government-of which Churchill was part-as the country plunged unprepared into war. This stands as the best of history: written as it was made, by the man who made it.
Chapter 1: The Follies of the Victors
Chapter 2: Peace at Its Zenith 1922–1931
Chapter 5: The Locust Years, 1931–1935
Chapter 6: The Darkening Scene, 1934
Chapter 7: Air Parity Lost, 1934–1935
Chapter 8: Challenge and Response, 1935
Chapter 9: Problems of Air and Sea, 1935–1939
Chapter 10: Sanctions Against Italy, 1935
Chapter 12: The Loaded Pause—Spain
Chapter 13: Germany Armed, 1936–1938
Chapter 14: Mr. Eden at the Foreign Office. His Resignation
Chapter 15: The Rape of Austria, February, 1938
Chapter 17: The Tragedy of Munich
Chapter 19: Prague, Albania, and the Polish Guarantee, January–April, 1939
Chapter 4: War Cabinet Problems
Chapter 5: The Front in France
Chapter 8: The Action off the River Plate
Chapter 9: Scandinavia, Finland
Chapter 15: Frustration in Norway
Chapter 16: Norway: The Final Phase
Chapter 17: The Fall of the Government