Churchill: The Struggle for Survival 1945-60 - Brossura

Moran, Lord; Moran, Charles McMoran Wilson

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ISBN 10: 0786717068 ISBN 13: 9780786717064

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2006

Riassunto

A second installment of the acclaimed series spans a twenty-year period after World War II leading up to Churchill's death, in a volume that offers insight into his contradictory personality, legendary Iron Curtain speech, role in the Cold War era, and more. Original.

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L'autore:

Lord Moran aka Charles McMoran Wilson was Winston Churchill's private doctor and close personal friend.

Product Description:

The second edition in the landmark reissue of the diaries of Winston Churchill's doctor, devoted friend, and confidant, Lord Moran, present a frank and intimate portrait of the Prime Minister from the tumultuous post-World War II years all the way up to his death in January 1965. In his unique position as a companion to Churchill throughout virtually his entire career as a statesman, Moran sheds new light on the controversies that precipitated Churchill's eventual fall from grace after the War, presenting an invaluable picture of a complicated, contradictory individual: stubborn, defiant, prideful, yet possessing an undeniable strength and nobility. Moran chronicles not only the key political events of Churchill's last twenty yearshis legendary Iron Curtain speech, his triumphant return to power in 1951 and his ensuing role in the unfolding political landscape of the Cold War erabut also Churchill's place as a Nobel Prize winning historian, voracious traveler, and enigmatic father and husband. What we get with the Churchill Diaries is an absolutely indispensable first-hand document of one of the most towering historical figures of the 20th century.

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• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786717068
• ISBN 13: 9780786717064
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480