Winston Churchill, myth and reality : what he actually did and said /

"This book uncovers myths surrounding Winston Churchill to reveal what he really said and did about many issues. Churchill had two personas--one that thought deeply about the nature of humanity, and one that helped to solve seemingly intractable problems. In his many decades in public life, he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Langworth, Richard M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, [2017]
Temas:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965
1900-1999
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
Statesmen > Great Britain > Biography.
Politicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Hommes d'État > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Politiciens > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Politicians
Politics and government
Prime ministers
Statesmen
Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Great Britain
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Youth
  • "Chief leader of men"
  • Jennie's indiscretions, Jack's parentage
  • The menace of education
  • What killed Lord Randolph?
  • Part 2. Young statesman
  • Votes for women
  • The sinking of the Titanic
  • The unpleasantness on Sidney Street
  • "The sullen feet of marching men in Tonypandy"
  • Ireland: "We could never have done anything without him"
  • Part 3. World War I
  • "All his war paint"
  • The defense of Antwerp
  • "What about the Dardanelles?"
  • Losing the Lusi
  • America and World War I
  • Chemical warfare
  • Part 4. Between the World Wars
  • "Taking more out of alcohol"
  • The Bolshevik menace
  • Trial by Jewry
  • The trouble with Mr. Gandhi
  • Mussolini, lawgiver and Jackal
  • Hitler as a "Great Contemporary"
  • Part 5. World War II
  • The voice they heard
  • "Collar the lot"
  • Torturous topics
  • The bombing of Coventry
  • The second front fracas
  • Mad bomber
  • Starving the Indians
  • The brain in Spain was absent from the plane
  • The destruction of Monte Cassino
  • What to do about Auschwitz?
  • Feeding the oppressed
  • Part 6. Postwar years
  • Spheres of influence
  • Nuking Moscow
  • Trouble 'n' strife
  • On European union
  • The common touch
  • Appendix 1. Minor myths, fables and things that go bump in the night
  • Appendix 2. Red herrings: mythological Churchill quotes
  • Appendix 3. The Hillsdale College Churchill project.

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