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The Churchill Complex
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Author : Ian Buruma
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-09-07
The Churchill Complex written by Ian Buruma and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Political Science categories.
“Stimulating and highly readable. . . . The Churchill Complex is a rich and rewarding book.” —Wall Street Journal From one of its keenest observers, a brilliant, witty journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from World War II to Brexit. It is impossible to understand the last seventy-five years of American history, through to Trump and Brexit, without understanding the Anglo-American relationship, particularly the bonds between presidents and prime ministers. FDR of course had Winston Churchill; JFK had Harold Macmillan, his consigliere during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Ronald Reagan found his ideological soul mate in Margaret Thatcher; and George W. Bush found his fellow believer, in religion and in war, in Tony Blair. Today, the bond between Donald Trump and Boris Johnson illuminates the populist uprisings in both countries, as well as a new kind of Special Relationship that goes against everything it once stood for. Remembering the past, even its most glorious moments, can be as misleading as forgetting it. Over and over, in the name of freedom and democracy, British and especially American leaders have evoked Winston Churchill as a model for brave leadership (and Nevillle Chamberlain to represent craven weakness). As Ian Buruma shows, in his dazzling, short tour de force of storytelling and analysis, the myths of World War II too often resulted in bad policies and foolish wars. But The Churchill Complex is much more than a reflection on the weight of Churchill's legacy and its misuses. At its heart are shrewd and absorbing character studies of the president-prime minster dyads, which in Ian Buruma's gifted hands serve as a master class in politics, diplomacy, and the personal quirks of our leaders. It has never been a relationship of equals: from Churchill's desperate cajoling and conniving to keep FDR on his side in World War II, British prime ministers have put much more stock in the relationship than their US counterparts. After the loss of its once-great empire, Britain clung to the world's greatest superpower as a path to continued relevance and leverage. As Buruma shows, this was almost always fool's gold, and now, the alliance has floundered on the rocks of isolationism. The Churchill Complex may not have a happy ending, but as with Ian Buruma's other works, piercing lucidity is its own lasting comfort.
Het Churchillcomplex
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Author : Ian Buruma
language : nl
Publisher: Atlas Contact
Release Date : 2020-10-08
Het Churchillcomplex written by Ian Buruma and has been published by Atlas Contact this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-08 with History categories.
Ian Buruma’s nieuwste boek: ‘Het Churchillcomplex’. In 1945 werd West-Europa bevrijd door de Engelsen en de Noord-Amerikanen. Het VK en de VS waren toonbeelden van vrijheid, openheid en democratie. Na brexit en de verkiezing van Donald Trump is weinig meer over van dat beeld. Hoe is het zover gekomen? Waarom worden beide landen nu bestuurd door leiders die alles waar Churchill en Roosevelt voor hebben gestreden met voeten treden? Vanuit de onverwachte wending die de politiek van beide landen genomen heeft, vraagt Ian Buruma zich af of dit iets te maken heeft met de glorie van weleer. Hij gaat de relatie tussen de beide landen na, maar vooral ook de persoonlijke verhouding tussen de Britse premiers en de Amerikaanse presidenten, te beginnen bij Churchill en Roosevelt. Maar ook tussen Kennedy en Macmillan, Reagan en Thatcher, Bush en Blair, en tenslotte Johnson en Trump. Dit resulteert in een serie prikkelende karakterschetsen en veelzeggende anekdotes. Buruma tekent een fascinerend beeld van de Anglo-Amerikaanse wereld in verval, en hoe een roemrijk verleden kan leiden tot de problemen van vandaag.
De Fantasten
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Author : Ian Buruma
language : nl
Publisher: Atlas Contact
Release Date : 2022-10-14
De Fantasten written by Ian Buruma and has been published by Atlas Contact this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-14 with History categories.
Ian Buruma verbind op prachtige wijze de levens van Felix Kersten, Aisin Gyoro Xianyu en Frederik Weinreb in een geschiedkundige les over de relativiteit van identiteit en de omgang met het verleden. In ‘De fantasten’ slaagt Ian Buruma erin om drie complexe levens die bepaald werden door de Tweede Wereldoorlog met elkaar te verbinden. Op het eerste gezicht hebben de drie hoofdpersonen weinig gemeen: Felix Kersten (bijnaam ‘de magische Boeddha’) werkte als de persoonlijke masseur van Heinrich Himmler. Aisin Gyoro Xianyu, beter bekend onder haar Japanse naam Kawashima Yoshiko (of de bijnaam het ‘Oosterse Juweel’) werd geboren als Manchuprinces, aanvaardde een opdracht van de Japanse geheime politie. En Frederik Weinreb, in Nederland bekend van de gelijknamige affaire, was een Joodse immigrant die zei Joden te beschermen maar ze in feite verraadde. Alle drie brachten ze hun tijdgenoten en latere historici in de war. Maar bovenal lieten zij hun bedrog zelfbedrog worden, begonnen zij door de omstandigheden te geloven in hun eigen verhaal. De fantasten is een geschiedkundige les over de relativiteit van identiteit en de omgang met het verleden
The Churchill Complex
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Author : Ian Buruma
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2020-09-03
The Churchill Complex written by Ian Buruma and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-03 with History categories.
It is impossible to understand the last 75 years of British and American history without understanding the Anglo-American relationship, and specifically the bonds between presidents and prime ministers. FDR of course had Churchill; JFK famously had Macmillan, his consigliere during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Reagan found his ideological soul mate in Thatcher, and George W. Bush found his fellow believer, in religion and in war, in Tony Blair. In a series of shrewd and absorbing character studies, Ian Buruma takes the reader on a journey through the special relationship via the fateful bonds between president and prime minister. It's never been a relationship of equals: from Churchill's desperate cajoling and conniving to keep FDR on side, British prime ministers have put much more stock in the relationship than their US counterparts did. For Britain, resigned to the loss of its once-great empire, its close kinship to the world's greatest superpower would give it continued relevance, and serve as leverage to keep continental Europe in its place. As Buruma shows, this was almost always fool's gold. And now, as the links between the Brexit vote and the 2016 US election are coming into sharper focus, it is impossible to understand the populist uprising in either country without reference to Trump and Boris Johnson, though ironically, they are also the key, Buruma argues, to understanding the special relationship's demise.
The Churchill Complex
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Author : Ian Buruma
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-09
The Churchill Complex written by Ian Buruma and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09 with Great Britain categories.
A brilliant and insightful history of the special relationship between the UK and the USA, which Ian Buruma argues is now under threat with the election of Donald Trump and Brexit.
De Affaire
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Author : Yvonne Doorduyn
language : nl
Publisher: Ambo|Anthos
Release Date : 2023-10-19
De Affaire written by Yvonne Doorduyn and has been published by Ambo|Anthos this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-19 with Fiction categories.
Actuele thriller over liefdesaffaires, machtsmisbruik en corruptie binnen de Europese Unie in Brussel. Voor de lezers van Esther Verhoef en Saskia Noort. Jacky Leeghwater werkt in Brussel als correspondent van de Volkskrant. Elke maand reist ze samen met Europarlementariërs naar het Franse Straatsburg voor de stemmingen. Daar is het leven losbandiger dan thuis. Tegen haar principes in komt ze terecht in een liefdesaffaire met de immens populaire politiek leider van de Groenen in het Europees Parlement. De beroepseer wringt en er zijn andere redenen om de benauwende relatie snel te beëindigen. Als Jacky het uitmaakt, ontdekt ze dat de macht van haar minnaar verder reikt dan de Europese politiek. Ze raakt verstrikt in een netwerk van corruptie, machtsmisbruik en geweld en is haar leven niet meer zeker. Om te overleven klampt ze zich vast aan haar aanbidder. Maar kan ze hem vertrouwen?
Euclides
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Euclides written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with categories.
De Jaren Van Chaos
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Author : Ivan Ollevier
language : nl
Publisher: Houtekiet
Release Date : 2021-02-03
De Jaren Van Chaos written by Ivan Ollevier and has been published by Houtekiet this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-03 with History categories.
VRT-journalist Ivan Ollevier schreef een indrukwekkende analyse van het Groot-Brittannië van voor, tijdens en na het explosieve Brexitreferendum. Voor de lezers van 'Stem van het Britse volk'. Ivan Ollevier volgt al jaren de politiek in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, en uiteraard ook de Brexit. In zijn nieuwe boek ‘De jaren van chaos’ heeft hij het over wat voorafging aan de Brexit. Het Brexitreferendum van 2016 stortte het Verenigd Koninkrijk in een ongeziene politieke en maatschappelijke crisis. VRT-journalist Ivan Ollevier stond op de eerste rij en zag hoe het Britse politieke systeem in elkaar klapte. In de Conservatieve Partij grepen muiters en politieke vrijbuiters de macht, oud-ministers met een decennialange en eerbare staat van dienst werd de deur gewezen, in Downing Street installeerde zich een politieke avonturier, terwijl parlementsleden van de Labourpartij elkaar de tent uitvochten. ‘Shakespeareaans’ werd de tragedie soms genoemd, omdat het theater was van de bovenste plank, maar er waren ook slapstickmomenten die deden denken aan de Dikke en de Dunne. Maandenlang liep Ollevier rond in Westminster en zag met stijgende verbazing hoe het eiland dat ooit een baken was van stabiliteit en zekerheid op drift sloeg in een politieke storm. En toen moest de pandemie nog beginnen. Ollevier reisde door het land om er met gewone Britten te praten. Hij vertelt over de bizarre, eeuwenoude rituelen in het Britse parlement en over de vaak excentrieke figuren die het bevolken. Het resultaat kon u zien in het VRT-journaal en kunt u lezen in dit boek, dat een combinatie is van kroniek, analyse en reportage.
A Journey Round My Room
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Author : Xavier de Maistre
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
A Journey Round My Room written by Xavier de Maistre and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with French fiction categories.
In 1790, Xavier de Maistre was 27 years old, and a soldier in the army of the Sardinian Kingdom, which covered swathes of modern-day Northern Italy and Southern France. He was placed under house-arrest in Turin for fighting an illegal duel. It was during the 42 days of his confinement here that he wrote the manuscript that would become Voyage autour de ma chambre. Inspired by the works of Laurence Sterne, with their digressive and colloquial style, de Maistre decided to make the most of his sentence by recording an exploration of the room as a travel journal. de Maistre’s book imbues the tour of his chamber with great mythology and grand scale. As he wanders the few steps that it takes to circumnavigate the space, his mind spins off into the ether. It parodies the travel journals of the eighteenth-century (such as A Voyage Around the World by Louis de Bougainville, 1771), and could be read today as an early take on the modern vogue for “psychogeography” — each tiny thing that he encounters sends de Maistre into rhapsodies, and mundane journeys become magnificent voyages.
The Gravediggers
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Author : Hauke Friederichs
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2019-11-07
The Gravediggers written by Hauke Friederichs and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-07 with History categories.
November 1932. With the German economy in ruins and street battles raging between political factions, the Weimar Republic is in its death throes. Its elderly president Paul von Hindenburg floats above the fray, inscrutably haunting the halls of the Reichstag. In the shadows, would-be saviours of the nation vie for control. The great rivals are the chancellors Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher. Both are tarnished by the republic's all-too-evident failures. Each man believes he can steal a march on the other by harnessing the increasingly popular National Socialists - while reining in their most alarming elements, naturally. Adolf Hitler has ideas of his own. But if he can't impose discipline on his own rebellious foot-soldiers, what chance does he have of seizing power?