Churchill, Hitler and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Audiobook

" Finally, someone calls out Churchill's warmongering. "

" So when was the necessary war? Well there were mistakes that is certain. And with hindsight things should have been done differently and the century ended up being pretty messed up. This book lays too much of the blame onto Britain and you must wonder at the author's prejudice. About half way through the book you start to feel sorry for poor old misunderstood Hitler. The author hates the thought but the Nazi's had to be stopped. Stalin could not have done this alone, almost certainly Russia would have fallen. (You can't help feeling that the author would have preferred a world with the nazis threatening rather than the soviets - and what technology could the nazis have developed, what rockets, what planes?) After the collapse of Russia Hitler would have neutralized Britain by force or threat. It was crazy, courageous and necessary that Britain stood alone and only Churchill made that possible. The USA waited and then came out of it as the victors. Britain was one of the many losers. That much is true. The difficulty I had was to put aside my own beliefs here. I acknowledge many of the facts. But in the end the analysis is all badly wrong. So I'd advise those who were convinced by this to search the web and read some of the criticisms of this book. "

" The tone didn't match my expectations. "

" A great read for anyone interested in history or international relations. "

" Patrick Buchanan does a masterful job of defending a generally unpopular point of view about World War II and why we fought it. Placing his command of the facts of History up against the widly held myths we cling to; he convincingly makes his case to those who are willing to be intillectually honest. The only fly in the ointment is that he gets bogged down in the very detail that makes his case. "

" very good read with many interesting ideas... i wish Mr. Buchanan would stick with what he knows (history) and hold his hateful intolerant commentary as a 'pundit' to himself... "

" Excellently argued book a real eye opener "

" great book, i always liked pat buchanan. "

" If you love history and politics,pick this book up.When you're done you'll probably say History does repeat itself "

" Pretty good read. A nice take on the two world wars. "

" This is a must read for anyone interested in ww2. It's amazing when you run across a book that opens up your mind and turns preconceived notions on their head. "

" I learned a lot from this book about both world wars and some of the key players. Easy to read, clearly written. I enjoyed it. "

" This shook my world. Definitely the red pill. "

" I may disagree w/ Buchanan on many topics, but he is pretty good on foreign policy. "

" Wow. basically lays the blame for for WWI and the rise of Hitler at Churchill's feet. Excellent read. "

" Another book about WWII, and how war mongers (Churchill, Roosevelt, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini) were all bad guys in the march toward an avoidable war. "

" Thats book was really just intresting and i liked it very much. It explained how Britian lost it's empire and how dipolimatic blunders brought down the worlds biggest empire. "

" Very good. Shows Churchill as he really was, rather than the savior of Britain "

" I learned a lot from this book about both world wars and some of the key players. Easy to read, clearly written. I enjoyed it. "

" I never got past the introduction The warped, patriotic partisan view was so sickening. I hope Pat Buchanan dies. "

" This book provides an alternative view of the historical events buiding up to WWII. You won't see this tought in history class. "

" Ah, yes....The treaty of Versailles was a disaster for the western world and has lead to our decline. Churchill's shortsightedness was much to blame for both world wars, so the author contends. <br/>Buchanan sees Bush as having made many of the same foreign policy mistakes as Churchill. "

" A vivid view of WWII from a decidedly alternative viewpoint that describes, in great detail, the blunders that Britain made that led us inexorably towards the great clash of civilizations that was WWII. Great read. "