In command of history : churchill fighting and writing the second world war

✍ Scribed by Reynolds, David

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Edition: Unabridged
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Winston Churchill was one of the giants of the twentieth century. As Britain's prime minister from 1940 to 1945, he courageously led his nation and the world away from appeasement, into war, and on to triumph over the Axis dictators. His classic six-volume account of those years, The Second World War, has shaped our perceptions of the conflict and secured Churchill's place as its most important chronicler. Now, for the first time, a book explains how Churchill wrote this masterwork, and in the process enhances and often revises our understanding of one of history's most complex, vivid, and eloquent leaders.

In Command of History sheds new light on Churchill in his multiple, often overlapping roles as warrior, statesman, politician, and historian. Citing excerpts from the drafts and correspondence for Churchill's magnum opus, David Reynolds opens our eyes to the myriad forces that shaped its final form.

We see how Churchill' s manuscripts were...

✦ Subjects

History.;HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.;HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.

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