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Churchill : visionary, statesman, historian / John Lukacs.
Van Pelt Library DA566.9.C5 L85 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lukacs, John, 1924-2019.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
- Churchill, Winston.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Prime ministers.
- Historians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Historians.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 202 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- John Lukacs has spent a lifetime considering the complex personality and statesmanship of Winston Churchill. In previous books Lukacs told the story of Churchill's titanic struggle with Adolf Hitler in the early days of World War II. Now, in Churchill: Visionary. Statesman. Historian., he turns his attention to Churchill the man and visionary statesman. Each chapter of this book provides an essential portrait of Churchill at the height of his powers. In addition to vividly depicting his relationships with Stalin, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and other world leaders, Lukacs reflects on Churchill's ability to foresee the coming of World War II and the Cold War; he weighs Churchill's stature as a historian looking backward at the conflicts of which he was so much a part; and he examines the often contradictory ways Churchill has been perceived by critics and admirers alike. The last chapter is a powerful and deeply moving evocation of the three days Lukacs spent in London attending Churchill's funeral in 1965, and it offers a final assessment of Churchill's place in history through the prism of the varied individuals who came to honor him after his death. In Churchill: Visionary. Statesman. Historian., Lukacs sets forth the essence of this towering figure with consummate mastery.
- Contents:
- 1 Churchill the visionary 1
- 2 Churchill and Stalin 19
- 3 Churchill and Roosevelt 49
- 4 Churchill and Eisenhower 67
- 5 Churchill, Europe, and appeasement 83
- 6 Churchill's historianship 101
- 7 His failures. His critics 129
- 8 Two recent biographies 155
- 9 Churchill's funeral 163.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0300097697
- OCLC:
- 49625973
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