Maurer John H. (Edit.) Churchill and the Strategic Dilemmas before the World Wars: Essays in Honor of Michael I. Handel

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Routledge, 2003 - 256 p. ISBN10: 0714683744 ISBN13: 9780714683744 (eng)

Before Michael I. Handel died his colleagues and students compiled this collection of essays that were written for a conference on strategy held during 2001. The papers address Churchill's views and ideas on war, strategy and realpolitik.

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