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Churchill And Orwell
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Author : Thomas E. Ricks
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-05-23
Churchill And Orwell written by Thomas E. Ricks and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A New York Times bestseller! A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike. Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's—Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time, Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. No one would have predicted that by the end of the 20th century they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and in deeds, against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right. In a crucial moment, they responded first by seeking the facts of the matter, seeing through the lies and obfuscations, and then they acted on their beliefs. Together, to an extent not sufficiently appreciated, they kept the West's compass set toward freedom as its due north. It's not easy to recall now how lonely a position both men once occupied. By the late 1930's, democracy was discredited in many circles, and authoritarian rulers were everywhere in the ascent. There were some who decried the scourge of communism, but saw in Hitler and Mussolini "men we could do business with," if not in fact saviors. And there were others who saw the Nazi and fascist threat as malign, but tended to view communism as the path to salvation. Churchill and Orwell, on the other hand, had the foresight to see clearly that the issue was human freedom—that whatever its coloration, a government that denied its people basic freedoms was a totalitarian menace and had to be resisted. In the end, Churchill and Orwell proved their age's necessary men. The glorious climax of Churchill and Orwell is the work they both did in the decade of the 1940's to triumph over freedom's enemies. And though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell's reckoning with the menace of authoritarian rule in Animal Farm and 1984 would define the stakes of the Cold War for its 50-year course, and continues to give inspiration to fighters for freedom to this day. Taken together, in Thomas E. Ricks's masterful hands, their lives are a beautiful testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it can take to stay true to it, through thick and thin. Churchill and Orwell is a perfect gift for the holidays!
Churchill And Orwell
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Author : Thomas E. Ricks
language : en
Publisher: Prelude Books
Release Date : 2017-12-01
Churchill And Orwell written by Thomas E. Ricks and has been published by Prelude Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Today, as liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a long shadow across our culture and politics. In Churchill & Orwell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas E. Ricks masterfully argues that these extraordinary men are as important today as they ever were. Churchill and Orwell stood in political opposition to each other, but were both committed to the preservation of freedom. However, in the late 1930s they occupied a lonely position: democracy was much discredited, and authoritarian rulers, fascist and communist, were everywhere in the ascent. Unlike others, they had the wisdom to see that the most salient issue was human liberty – and that any government that denies its people basic rights is a totalitarian menace to be resisted. Churchill and Orwell proved their age’s necessary men, and this book reveals how they rose from a precarious position to triumph over the enemies of freedom. Churchill may have played the larger role in Hitler’s defeat, but Orwell’s reckoning with the threat of authoritarian rule in 1984 and Animal Farm defined the stakes of the Cold War and continues to inspire to this day. Their lives are an eloquent testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it takes to stay true to it.
Churchill Orwell The Fight For Freedom
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Churchill And Orwell
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language : en
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Release Date : 2017
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A "dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world."--
Churchill Si Orwell
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Author : Thomas E. Ricks
language : ro
Publisher: Humanitas SA
Release Date : 2023-02-23
Churchill Si Orwell written by Thomas E. Ricks and has been published by Humanitas SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-23 with History categories.
Traducere de Doina Lică „Cartea cucerește prin bogăția de informații și corelații, punând într-o nouă lumină două personaje de altfel bine cunoscute – iar, prin intermediul lor, chiar vremurile în care trăim.“ — New Statesman „O excelentă ilustrare a perseverenței cu care Churchill și Orwell s-au opus, moral și politic, autoritarismului... Un îndemn la curaj pentru contemporanii noștri.“ — Publishers Weekly Acum, când adevărul și libertatea sunt din ce în ce mai amenințate, integritatea de care au dat dovadă Churchill și Orwell devine cu atât mai demnă de urmat. Exponenți ai spiritului britanic, vizionari și entuziaști, ei au luptat pentru libertatea individului și pentru democrație, punându-și amprenta pentru totdeauna asupra culturii noastre și a felului în care este înțeleasă viața cetății. Thomas E. Ricks, laureat al Premiului Pulitzer, ne demonstrează că valoarea de simbol a celor doi oameni extraordinari rămâne la fel de importantă astăzi ca și odinioară. Churchill și Orwell au avut opinii politice divergente, dar ambii au ridicat libertatea la rangul suprem. Și totuși, la sfârșitul anilor ’30, nu mulți le împărtășeau convingerile: democrația avea prea puțini susținători, iar pretutindeni în lume fascismul și comunismul cucereau tot mai mult teren. Churchill și Orwell au fost vocile necesare ale epocii lor, înfruntându-i cu îndrăzneală pe dușmanii libertății și împotrivindu-se tuturor formelor de guvernământ care neagă drepturile fundamentale ale omului. Lui Churchill i se datorează în mare măsură prăbușirea lui Hitler, iar modul în care Orwell a criticat autoritarismul în 1984 și Ferma animalelor a stabilit mizele Războiului Rece și are ecou până în zilele noastre.
Churchill Orwell
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Author : Thomas E. Ricks
language : pt-BR
Publisher: Editora Schwarcz - Companhia das Letras
Release Date : 2019-08-22
Churchill Orwell written by Thomas E. Ricks and has been published by Editora Schwarcz - Companhia das Letras this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-22 with History categories.
A fascinante história de dois homens com posições políticas diferentes, aliados pelo mesmo princípio: a defesa da liberdade individual Figuras essenciais na luta contra as ameaças do autoritarismo de esquerda e de direita em um momento crítico do século XX, Churchill e Orwell surgem aqui como fonte de inspiração e exemplo para os dias de hoje. Filho de aristocratas, Winston Churchill (1874-1965) era um liberal conservador alinhado ao governo colonialista britânico. George Orwell (1903-1950), que vinha da classe média baixa, era militante socialista e anti-imperialista. Escrita pelo vencedor do Prêmio Pulitzer Thomas E. Ricks, essa atualíssima biografia dupla se concentra no período crucial da vida de Churchill e de Orwell: os anos 1930 e 1940, da ascensão dos nazistas até o rescaldo da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Hoje, impressiona testemunhar quão solitária era a posição de Churchill e de Orwell num momento em que a Europa parecia destinada à ditadura, fosse nazifascista ou comunista. Apresentados como um par complementar, o político marginalizado em busca de redenção e o grande escritor ainda em formação trabalharam pelo mesmo objetivo, embora nunca tenham se encontrado. "Leitura agradável e compulsiva, Churchill & Orwell impressiona pelo compromisso feroz que ambos tinham com o pensamento crítico." The New York Times Book Review "Os dois nunca se encontraram, mas suas vidas e suas visões sobre como deveria funcionar a sociedade, noções de liberdade individual e limitações da política convergiam — pensamentos extraordinariamente harmoniosos em lugares diferentes. Realmente muito impressionante." John Le Carré
Young Titan
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Author : Michael Shelden
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-03-25
Young Titan written by Michael Shelden and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An account of the World War II Prime Minister's early career includes coverage of his contributions to building a modern navy, his experimentations with radical social reforms and his lesser-known romantic pursuits. By the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist, Orwell.
The Last Man In Europe
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Author : Dennis Glover
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2021-01-07
The Last Man In Europe written by Dennis Glover and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-07 with Fiction categories.
1947. In a damp, run-down farmhouse on the island of Jura, George Orwell is embarking on his greatest work: Nineteen Eighty-Four. Forty-four years old and suffering from the tuberculosis that will eventually take his life, this book is his legacy – the culmination of a career spent fighting to preserve the freedoms which the wars and upheavals of the twentieth century have threatened. Completing the book is an urgent task – a race against death. Dennis Glover explores the creation of Orwell's final work, which for millions of readers worldwide defined the twentieth century. Simultaneously a captivating drama, a unique literary excavation and an unflinching portrait of a beloved writer, The Last Man in Europe will change the way you understand Nineteen Eighty-Fourand George Orwell himself.
The Literary Churchill
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Author : Jonathan Rose
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2014-05-27
The Literary Churchill written by Jonathan Rose and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“An interesting and at times surprising account of Churchill's tastes as a reader…many of [these] nuggets will be new even to Churchill junkies.”—TheWall Street Journal This strikingly original book introduces a Winston Churchill we haven’t known before. Award-winning author Jonathan Rose explores Churchill’s careers as statesman and author, revealing the profound influence of literature and theater on Churchill’s personal, carefully composed grand story and the decisions he made throughout his political life. In this expansive literary biography, Rose provides an analysis of Churchill’s writings and their reception (he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and was a best-selling author), and a chronicle of his dealings with publishers, editors, literary agents, and censors. The book also identifies an array of authors who shaped Churchill’s own writings and politics: George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Margaret Mitchell, George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, and many more. Rose investigates the effect of Churchill’s passion for theater on his approach to reportage, memoirs, and historical works. Perhaps most remarkably, Rose reveals the unmistakable influence of Churchill’s reading on every important episode of his public life, including his championship of social reform, plans for the Gallipoli invasion, command during the Blitz, crusade for Zionism, and efforts to prevent a nuclear arms race. Finally, Rose traces the significance of Churchill’s writings to later generations of politicians—among them President John F. Kennedy as he struggled to extricate the U.S. from the Cuban Missile Crisis. “Immensely enjoyable…This gracefully written book is an original and textured study of Churchill’s imagination.”—The Washington Post
The Generals
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Author : Thomas E. Ricks
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-10-30
The Generals written by Thomas E. Ricks and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-30 with History categories.
A New York Times bestseller! An epic history of the decline of American military leadership—from the bestselling author of Fiasco and Churchill and Orwell. While history has been kind to the American generals of World War II—Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley—it has been less kind to the generals of the wars that followed, such as Koster, Franks, Sanchez, and Petraeus. In The Generals, Thomas E. Ricks sets out to explain why that is. In chronicling the widening gulf between performance and accountability among the top brass of the U.S. military, Ricks tells the stories of great leaders and suspect ones, generals who rose to the occasion and generals who failed themselves and their soldiers. In Ricks’s hands, this story resounds with larger meaning: about the transmission of values, about strategic thinking, and about the difference between an organization that learns and one that fails.