Churchill: The End of Glory - Rilegato

Charmley, John

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ISBN 10: 0921912544 ISBN 13: 9780921912545

Casa editrice: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1993

Riassunto

Based on fifteen years’ research in archives in Britain, France and America, John Charmley offers a fresh examination of the Churchill myth as created by official biographers and the man himself. The book describes Churchill’s long climb to power and influence and the human price which his ambitions exacted from those around him; it shows that his virtues and character were built on a heroic scale, so too were his faults and failures. This controversial reappraisal of Churchill made headlines and stirred an emotional debate about the great leader's conduct of World War II.

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Recensione:

“Probably the most important revisionist text to be published since the war.”
–The London Times

“Charmley brings the great man’s warts into high relief: his taste for luxury, his impetuousness, his abrasive personality, his self-absorption, his lack of foresight. Deeply researched, masterfully written.”
–Publishers Weekly

L'autore:

John Charmley is a lecturer in English History at the Univeristy of East Anglia. His previous books include the award-winning Duff Cooper, Lord Lloyd and the Decline of the British Empire, and Chamberlain and the Lost Peace.

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• Editore: Macfarlane Walter & Ross
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0921912544
• ISBN 13: 9780921912545
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida