1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006672630403321

Titolo

The POLITICS of energy forecasting : a comparative study of energy forecasting in Western Europe and North HollandAmerica / Edited by Thomas Baumagartner and Atle Midttun.-

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1987

Descrizione fisica

XIV,314 p., 23 cm

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

VI C 589

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793892703321

Autore

Stafford David

Titolo

Oblivion or Glory : 1921 and the Making of Winston Churchill / / David Stafford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

0-300-24876-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 pages)

Disciplina

941.084092

Soggetti

Nineteen twenties

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State

Great Britain Politics and government 1910-1936

Great Britain Foreign relations 1910-1936

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: 'A Bold, Bad Man' -- Introduction: 'A Tragic Flaw in the



Metal' -- 1. 'Rule Britannia' -- 2. Family and Friends -- 3. 'He Uses It as an Opiate' -- 4. A World in Torment -- 5. The Great Corniche of Life -- 6. 'Th is Wild Cousin of Mine' -- 7. 'The Forty Thieves' -- 8. The Smiling Orchards -- 9. Tragedy Strikes -- 10. Peacemaker -- 11. 'Where Are We Going in Europe?' -- 12. Imperial Dreams -- 13. 'I Will Take What Comes' -- 14. 'A Seat for Life' -- 15. 'The Courage and Instinct of Leadership' -- 16. The Comfort of Friends -- 17. 'The Dark Horse of English Politics' -- 18. Fleeting Shadows -- Epilogue: 'He Would Make a Great Prime Minister' -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

An engaging and original account of 1921, a pivotal year for Churchill that had a lasting impact on his political and personal legacy After the tragic consequences of his involvement in the catastrophic Dardanelles Campaign of World War I, Churchill's political career seemed over. He was widely regarded as little more than a bombastic and unpredictable buccaneer until, in 1921, an unexpected inheritance heralded a series of events that laid the foundations for his future success. Renowned Churchill scholar David Stafford delves into the statesman's life in 1921, the year in which his political career revived. From his political negotiations in the Anglo-Irish treaty that created the Irish Free State to his tumultuous relationship with his "wild cousin" Clare Sheridan, sculptor of Lenin and subject of an MI5 investigation, this broad account explores the nuances of Churchill's private and public lives. This is an engaging portrait of this overlooked yet pivotal year in the great man's life.