Churchill, Hitler and "The Unnecessary War"

How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World

By: Patrick J. Buchanan

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Were World Wars I and II–which can now be seen as a thirty-year paroxysm of slaughter and destruction–inevitable? Were they necessary wars? Were the bloodiest and most devastating conflicts ever suffered by mankind fated by forces beyond man’s control? Or were they products of calamitous failures of judgment? In this monumental and provocative history, Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen–Winston Churchill first among them–the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins. Half a century of murderous oppression of scores of millions under the iron boot of Communist tyranny might never have happened, and Europe’s central role in world affairs might have been sustained for many generations.

Among the British and Churchillian blunders were:
• The vengeful Treaty of Versailles that mutilated Germany, leaving her bitter, betrayed, and receptive to the appeal of Adolf Hitler • Britain’s capitulation, at Churchill’s urging, to American pressure to sever the Anglo-Japanese alliance, insulting and isolating Japan • The greatest blunder in British history: the unsolicited war guarantee to Poland of March 1939–that guaranteed the Second World War

Certain to create controversy and spirited argument, CHURCHILL, HITLER AND “THE UNNECESSARY WAR” is a grand and bold insight into the historic failures of judgment that ended centuries of European rule and guaranteed a future that no one who lived in that vanished world could ever have envisioned.©2008 Patrick J. Buchanan; (P)2008 Books on Tape

red pil

Red pill your family and friends about the truth of Churchill with this book. honestly it is such an amazing book if you like being told the truth about history and not the Victor's truth of history.

Good, a different view on WW1 and WW2

I like how it shows the realpolitik perspective on the major events of the 20th century and explains the situations, the decisions by different sides and why led to them.
It illustrates how the different narratives played an important part in shaping public perception of the two world wars, however, the authors also have a certain narrative to push. Instead of lying out the events as they unfolded in a balanced way, the author repeatedly emphasizes the blunders by the west, UK and US during the previous century. The book could be more balanced, focusing more on historical perspective.
However it was very informational and shared a lot of tidbits I had no idea about. Was a difficult listen thought, took a few months to get through, as it a a heavy book.

The Most Vital History of the 20th Century

Everything the West has taught on the history of the 20th century has been so deceptively edited, that listening to this is perhaps one of the most nauseating and infuriating experiences I can recall.

God help us, if it is not too late, learn the lessons of history not only that we may not repeat the mistakes, but that we may repair what we have broken.

WWWII was truly unnecessary

Detailed yet well paced. Eye opening! We must learn the lesson of the over reaching British Empire that is right before our eyes.

Revisionist? History

This is an important book. Unlike the guns of August Mr. Buchanan not merely presents history but also interprets and thinks deeply about it.His concepts are important. Although Mr. Hitler was a monster, Mr. Stalin was an even greater monster. One the west destroyed, the other was embraced. Mr Churchill and Mr. Chamberlain permitted the reoccupation of the Rhineland, Austria and Czechloslavakia; the treaty of Munich; and the alliance with Poland that forced World War II.They may have been as culpable as the Germans. All of this could have been avoided with more judicious leaders on both sides. I found it impossible to believe that such a well researched, well written, thoughtful tomb could have come from Mr. Buchanan.