Churchill and The Jews.

GILBERT, Martin .

Item Number: 142830

London: Simon & Schuster, 2007.

First edition of Gilbert’s work on Churchill’s relationship with the Jews over the course of more than fifty years. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “Barbara and Roy with the author’s regards Martin Gilbert London 25 July 2007.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

This book traces a remarkable relationship, Winston Churchill was a persistent opponent of anti-Semitism and, in 1921, described the Jewish system of ethics as "incomparably the most precious possession of mankind, worth in fact the fruits of all other wisdom and learning put together." He felt an affinity with the Jewish struggle: both to survive and to attain statehood. And that affinity informed his politics in a number of ways. In Churchill and the Jews, Churchill's official biographer Martin Gilbert explores this fascinating aspect of the life and work of this greatest of Britons, following Churchill's sometimes troubled but always strong relationship with the Jews during more than fifty years and shedding new light on his thoughts and decisions.