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Autore |
Lukacs John <1924-> |
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Titolo |
Churchill : visionary, statesman, historian / / John Lukacs |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-72957-4 |
9786611729578 |
0-300-12925-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Prime ministers - Great Britain |
Historians - Great Britain |
Great Britain Politics and government 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Churchill the visionary -- 2 Churchill and Stalin -- 3 Churchill and Roosevelt -- 4 Churchill and Eisenhower -- 5 Churchill, Europe, and appeasement -- 6 Churchill's historianship -- 7 His failures. His critics. -- 8 Two recent biographies -- 9 Churchill's funeral. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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John Lukacs has spent a lifetime considering the complex personality and statesmanship of Winston Churchill. In previous books Lukacs has 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. Lukacs treats Churchill's vital relationships with Stalin, Roosevelt, and Eisenhower, as well as his complex, farsighted political vision concerning the coming of World War II and the Cold War. Lukacs also assesses Churchill's abilities as a historian looking backward into the origins of the conflicts of which he was so much a part. In addition, the author 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 |
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