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Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945

Door Carlo d' Este

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#402808-UE15
Titel
Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945
Auteur
Este, Carlo d'
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Harper Collins
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
0060575735
ISBN13
9780060575731
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Carlo D'Este's brilliant new biography examines Winston Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: a descendant of Marlborough who, despite never having risen above the rank of lieutenant colonel, came eventually at age sixty-five to direct Britain's military campaigns as prime minister and defeated Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito for the democracies. Warlord is the definitive chronicle of Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures on the North-West Frontier of colonial India and the Boer War through his extraordinary service in both World Wars. Even though Churchill became one of the towering political leaders of the twentieth century, his childhood ambition was to be a soldier. Using e... (Lees verder)xtensive, untapped archival materials, D'Este reveals important and untold observations from Churchill's personal physician, as well as other colleagues and family members, in order to illuminate his character as never before. Warlord explores Churchill's strategies behind the major military campaigns of World War I and World War II—both his dazzling successes and disastrous failures—while also revealing his tumultuous relationships with his generals and other commanders, including Dwight D. Eisenhower. As riveting as the man it portrays, Warlord is a masterful, unsparing portrait of one of history's most fascinating and influential leaders during what was arguably the most crucial event in human history.
Pagina's
845
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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