![]() ![]() Because he was out of power during the period covered by this part of the trilogy, the reader is treated with the most intimate portrait of Churchill. They believed themselves to be great men, and Churchill certainly did. A small group of privileged men in London made decisions affecting millions of people thousands of miles away. Britain ruled the waves-it was the only world power-and the British Empire was at its territorial zenith, controlling more than a quarter of the Earth’s surface. But he still had his voice.Īlone describes a world very different from our own. ![]() He had held several of the highest offices in the British government, but in 1932, considered a warmonger and a relic of the past, Churchill was shunned as the opportunity to deal with Hitler slipped away. The second volume of a trilogy, Alone, is the story of that period when Winston was out of power. ![]() Winston Churchill stood up to Hitler, and he was alone. After the horrific trauma of the Great War, World War One, it was inconceivable to the British, and to the French, that anyone would want to descend once more into industrialized warfare and slaughter. In fact, appeasement was a policy position with nearly universal support in the British Parliament, and among the British people. ![]() The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940Īppeasement, appeasement of Hitler, is so strongly linked with the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, that it seems like personal fecklessness, a mistake made by a single powerful man. ![]()
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