Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. The 'Ever-Present Danger': Winston Churchill's Assessment of the German Naval Challenge before the First World War, 2. Winston Churchill, Pacific Security, and the Limits of British Power, 1921-41, 3. The Limitations of the Politician-Strategist: Winston Churchill and the German Threat, 1933-39, 4. Churchill and Technology, Index

Before Michael I. Handel died his colleagues and students compiled this collection of essays that were written for a conference on strategy held during 2001. The papers address Churchill's views and ideas on war, strategy and realpolitik.