Churchill: A Study in Greatness
by Geoffrey Best
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Winston Churchill's inspiring leadership in the Second World War once put him above criticism. In recent years his record has come under attack. In this volume, the author makes sense of this extraordinary man and his long, controversial, colorful, contradictory and heroic career. What was at the heart of him? Was he a romantic or a realist? How central was his part in Britain's survival and in the defeat of Hitler? Best brings out both his strengths and his weaknesses, looking past the many show more received versions of Churchill in a biography that balances the private and the public man and offers a fresh insight into his character. show lessTags
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Winston Churchill's inspiring leadership in the Second World War once put him above criticism. In recent years his record has come under attack. This book makes sense of this extraordinary man and his controversial and heroic career. Best brings out Churchill's strengths and weaknesses, looking past the many received versions of Churchill in a biography that balances the private and the public man and offers a fresh insight into his character
Concise, interesting, somewhat hagiographical. Can serve as a good introduction to Winston Churchill and his time.
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Geoffrey Best is one of Britain's most distinguished historians. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard and at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D.C., and is currently a Senior Member of St. Antony's College, Oxford
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- People/Characters
- Winston Churchill
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 941.084092 — History & geography History of Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1837- Period of Victoria and House of Windsor 1936-1945
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- DA566.9 .C5 .B48 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Modern, 1485- 20th century
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- Dutch, English, Spanish
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