Synopses for JW3 zoom classes on Thursday 29th October
Morning: From North Africa to Italy
Why North Africa?
A mobile war
The two Generals: Rommel and Montgomery
Keith Douglas - Soldier and Poet: One Man's War
Casablanca Conference sets route to the future
Invasion of Sicily and Italy
Churchill meets Eisenhower in Algiers
A personal story: Alison Uttley
Tough fighting in Italy
1945: Churchill proved right
Murder of Mussolini
Some more books
The Second World War by Antony Beevor
Alamein to Zem Zem by Keith Douglas
Complete Poems by Keith Douglas
Afternoon: Charles James Fox and Edmund Burke
Recap of first two talks
The Tories out of power, 1715-1768
The Electorate
The very fluid party 'system'
Charles James Fox : His life
Key events; American Revolution, Gordon Riots, Regency Crisis (so nearly PM),
French Revolution, A Nearly Man
Edmund Burke: His life
Key events: Family, American Revolution, French Revolution, Legacy, 'The Visionary
who invented Modern Politics', Margaret Thatcher
Some More Books
A History of Britain, 1603-1776 by Simon Schama
William Pitt the Younger by William Hague
The Path to Power by Margaret Thatcher
Charles James Fox by LG Mitchell
Edmund Burke by Jesse Norman
NB Many of Burke's own publications are available from Amazon