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Churchill's Shadow An Astonishing Life and a Dangerous Legacy

Geoffrey Wheatcroft

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Rodzaj (nośnik) / Item type książka / book
Dział / Department Książki i czasopisma / Books and periodicals
Autor / Author Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Tytuł / Title Churchill's Shadow
Podtytuł / Subtitle An Astonishing Life and a Dangerous Legacy
Język / Language angielski
Wydawca / Publisher Bodley Head
Rok wydania / Year published 2021
   
Rodzaj oprawy / Cover type Miękka
Wymiary / Size 15.0x23.0 cm
Liczba stron / Pages 628
Ciężar / Weight 0,9650 kg
   
ISBN 9781847925749 (9781847925749)
EAN/UPC 9781847925749
Stan produktu / Condition nowy / new - sprzedajemy wyłącznie nowe nieużywane produkty
In A.J.P. Taylor's words, Churchill was 'the saviour of his country' when he became prime minister in 1940. Yet he was also a deeply flawed character, whose personal ambition would cloud his political judgement. While Churchill's Shadow gives due credit to the achievements, it also reveals some spectacular failures; indeed, it appears that for every Finest Hour there were many more Gallipolis.

But this book goes beyond the reappraisal of a life and a career: it reveals that Churchill has cast a complex shadow over post-war British history and contemporary politics - from the 'Churchillian stance' of Tony Blair taking the country to war in Iraq to the delusion of a special relationship with the United States to the fateful belief in British exceptionalism: that the nation can once again stand alone in Europe.

Geoffrey Wheatcroft takes a radically different approach to other biographies and studies of Churchill, zooming in on crucial moments in his life that help us understand the man in his many contradictions. Churchill's Shadow both tells the story of his extraordinary life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy, focusing on how Churchill was viewed by contemporaries and those who came after.

As we struggle to work out who we are as a nation, how our complex legacies of war and empire shape our past and our present, we do that in the long shadow of Churchill. He set about writing his own myth during his lifetime and it is a myth - with all the delusions and hangovers myths bring - in whose grip we have been living in ever since.
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