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The Churchill factor : how one man made history

Author: Boris Johnson
Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.
Edition/Format:   Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The mayor of London and former Spectator editor challenges popular misconceptions to assess Churchill's enduring influence on the world, discussing the many contradictions of his life and his considerable political and military achievements.
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Genre/Form: Biographies
Narrative non-fiction
Biography
Named Person: Winston Churchill; Winston Churchill; Winston Churchill; Winston Churchill; Winston Churchill; Winston Churchill
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Boris Johnson
ISBN: 9781594633027 1594633029
OCLC Number: 871192289
Description: 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: Introduction: A dog called Churchill --
The offer from Hitler --
The non-Churchill universe --
Rogue elephant --
The Randolph factor --
No act too daring or too noble --
The great dictator --
He mobilised the English language --
A proper human heart --
My darling Clementine --
The making of John Bull --
'The most advanced politician of the time' --
No glory in slaughter --
The ships that walked --
The 100-horsepower mental engine --
Playing roulette with history --
An icy ruthlessness --
The wooing of America --
The giant of the shrunken island --
The Cold War and how he won it --
Churchill the European --
Maker of the modern Middle East --
The meaning of his name today --
The Churchill factor.
Responsibility: Boris Johnson.

Abstract:

The mayor of London and former Spectator editor challenges popular misconceptions to assess Churchill's enduring influence on the world, discussing the many contradictions of his life and his considerable political and military achievements.

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