In this detailed analysis of political 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.

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.

Young's book provides a subtle, well-written and cogently-argued reply to Charmley's thesis about the post-war Churchill. Winston Churchill's Last Campaign demonstrates with wealth of documented detail just how consistently Churchill pursued a single aim ... beyond the foreign policy issues that form the core of the book, Young shows with convincing clarity just how Churchill's decline affected Tory politics in his last administration.