ESSAY QUESTIONS

(Other questions may be chosen by agreement with the module leader)

1. What was Churchill?

2. Assess Churchill's reputation as Home Secretary.

3. Was Churchill ever a Tory?

4. Why was free trade so important an issue in Edwardian Britain?

5. How did Churchill deal with 'New Liberalism'?

6. Compare and contrast the careers of Churchill and Lloyd George.

7. What was Churchill's position on Ireland in the 1920s?

8. Compare and contrast Churchill's decision to 'rat', and then to 're-rat'.

9. Assess Churchill's reputation as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

10. Why did Churchill support the King in 1936?

11. To what extent was Churchill right about British foreign policy in the 1930s?

12. To what extent did World War Two 'save' Churchill?

13. Was Churchill "the saviour of his country"?

14. Was Churchill "the architect of the Grand Alliance"?

15. Why did the Conservative Party loose the 1945 election?

16. Why and with what consequences did Churchill speak at Fulton in 1946?

17. Discuss Churchill's view of European unity.

18. Should Churchill have remained the leader of his party between 1951-55?

19. Is Churchill a reliable historian?

20. Was Churchill an Imperialist?

21. Write an obituary of Churchill.

22. What role has Churchill assumed in death?

23. Write a historiographic account of Churchill.

24. How fruitful is political biography?

25. Does the study of Churchill represent an anachronistic approach to history?