In Command of History - 9780465003303
Un libro in lingua di David Reynolds edito da Basic Books, 2007
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Winston Churchill fought the World War II twice over-first as Prime Minister during the war, and then later as the war's premier historian. From 1948-54, he published six volumes of memoirs. They secured his reputation and shaped our understanding of the conflict to this day. Drawing on the drafts of Churchill's manuscript as well as his correspondence from the period, David Reynolds masterfully reveals Churchill the author. Reynolds shows how the memoirs were censored by the British government to conceal state secrets, and how Churchill himself censored them to avoid offending current world leaders. This book illuminates an unjustly neglected period of Churchill's life-the Second Wilderness Years of 1945-51, when Churchill wrote himself into history, politicked himself back into the prime-ministership, and delivered some of the most important speeches of his career.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: In Command of History
- Sottotitolo: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War
- Lingua: English
- Autore: David Reynolds
- Editore: Basic Books
- Collana: Basic Books (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 26 Novembre '07
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : World War, 1939-1945 Historiography World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British History and criticism
- Pagine: 631
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 152 x 50
- ISBN-10: 0465003303
- EAN-13: 9780465003303