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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940: Winston Spencer Churchill : Alone, 1932-40 Copertina flessibile – 3 settembre 1989

Edizione Inglese di William Manchester (Autore)
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“The best Churchill biography [for] this generation . . . Even readers who know the basic story will find much that is new.”—Newsweek

In this powerful biography, the middle volume of William Manchester’s critically acclaimed trilogy, Winston Churchill wages his defining campaign: not against Hitler’s war machine but against his own reluctant countrymen. Manchester contends that even more than his leadership in combat, Churchill’s finest hour was the uphill battle against appeasement. As Parliament received with jeers and scorn his warnings against the growing Nazi threat, Churchill stood alone—only to be vindicated by history as a beacon of hope amid the gathering storm.
 
Praise for The Last Lion: Alone
 
“Manchester has such control over a huge and moving narrative, such illumination of character . . . that he can claim the considerable achievement of having assembled enough powerful evidence to support Isaiah Berlin’s judgment of Churchill as ‘the largest human being of our time.’”—The New Yorker
 
“Memorable.”—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“Stirring . . . As Manchester points out several times, it’s as if the age, having produced a Hitler, then summoned Churchill as the only figure equal to the task of vanquishing him. The years Alone are the pivotal years of Churchill’s career.”—The Boston Sunday Globe
  
“A triumph . . . equal in stature to the first volume of the series.”—Newsday
 
“Vivid . . . history in the grand manner.”—The Washington Post
 
“Compelling reading.”—The Times (London)
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  1. Libro 2 di 3
    The Last Lion: Volume 1
  2. Lunghezza stampa
    800 pagine
  3. Lingua
    Inglese
  4. Editore
    Bantam
  5. Data di pubblicazione
    3 settembre 1989
  6. Dimensioni
    13.87 x 4.98 x 20.6 cm
  7. ISBN-10
    0385313314
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0385313315
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“Manchester has such control over a huge and moving narrative, such illumination of character . . . that he can claim the considerable achievement of having assembled enough powerful evidence to support Isaiah Berlin’s judgment of Churchill as ‘the largest human being of our time.’”—The New Yorker
 
“Memorable.”—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“Stirring . . . As Manchester points out several times, it’s as if the age, having produced a Hitler, then summoned Churchill as the only figure equal to the task of vanquishing him. The years Alone are the pivotal years of Churchill’s career.”—The Boston Sunday Globe
 
“The best Churchill biography [for] this generation . . . Even readers who know the basic story will find much that is new.”—Newsweek
 
“A triumph . . . equal in stature to the first volume of the series.”—Newsday
 
“Vivid . . . history in the grand manner.”—The Washington Post
 
“Compelling reading.”—The Times (London)

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William Manchester was a hugely successful popular historian and renowned biographer. In addition to the three volumes of The Last Lion, his books include Goodbye, Darkness, A World Lit Only by Fire, The Glory and the Dream, The Arms of Krupp, American Caesar, and The Death of a President, as well as assorted works of journalism. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award. He passed away in 2004.

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  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Bantam; Reissue edizione (3 settembre 1989)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Copertina flessibile ‏ : ‎ 800 pagine
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385313314
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385313315
  • Peso articolo ‏ : ‎ 692 g
  • Dimensioni ‏ : ‎ 13.87 x 4.98 x 20.6 cm
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5,0 su 5 stelle The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill par William Manchester
Recensito in Francia il 4 gennaio 2017
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These 3 volumes covering Churchill's long life give a tremendous insight in to those years surrounding the two (great) wars of the 20th centuary. One finally understands why the 1914/1918 war 'happened'; and how the Treaty of Versailles sowed the seeds for the 1939/1945 war. The very understandable fear of war that led the English and French governments to endeavour to avoid war 'at all costs' was tragic. With hindsight one can say: this war could (and should) have been avoided.
But that is not all.... The English/Northern Ireland situation is frankly discussed (already a serious problem before the 14/18 war).
Also dealt with.... The English initiative to create a Jewish state in Palestine, The early negotiations were largely handled by Churchill.
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Roaring Willie
5,0 su 5 stelle A big source of knowledge about British pre-Second-World-War politics
Recensito in Canada il 14 maggio 2015
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If you are interested in a biography that doesn't limit itself on biographical dates and facts, but shows the whole political and cultural circumstances of a life, then this is the book. This part of William Manchester's thoroughly researched biography only contains information about the eight-year period of Winston's life preceding England's declaration of war against Germany in 1940. It's an impressive source of knowledge if you want to know what happened during this time from a British perspective, and you can also learn the details about Winston Churchill's toughest times in politics.
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Mr. M. Herbert
5,0 su 5 stelle Terrific Reading!
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 19 maggio 2015
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This is really an outstanding piece of work. For a start, it is highly readable. Extremely well written, not over poweringly statistical, easy on the eye and fast paced. The work covers Churchill's lonely years out of power in the 1930's. It then outlines his extraordinary prescience in identifying the real risks with the rise of Nazi Germany. It highlights especially his incredible personal (and lonely) determination to bring to the notice of the Governments - the first lead by Baldwin and then by Chamberlain - and his repeateded attempts to stir them into action in rearming and excercising far more caution in their dealings with Hitler. What I found particularly intereting was the absolutley appalling conduct of both prime ministers. Baldwin's blatant, cynical, obstinacy and obsession with appeasement lead to him publicly admitting, finally, that he had put his party before country. He had even deliberately lied/mislead Parliament about the risks in Europe, simply in order to secure his re-election. It exposes his conceit, vanity and self interest, and in incredible detail. Following Baldwin, the book moves on to Chamberlain. The poor conduct of Chamberlain is perhaps better known. His utter arrogance, stubborness and vainglorious manner in pursuing appeasement is beyond belief. However, unusually - but interestingly, this book fully exposes his cohorts, especially Halifax ( foreign secretary) Wilson, the civil servant/cabinet secratary and unelected "advisor" to Chamberlain. Refreshingly it excoriates the misconduct of Henderson, the arch-nazi sympathiser and appeaser, who served as the British ambassador to Germany. These people are clearly shown to be liars, deceivers, fools and schemers. That these people were then never, ever, brought fully to account at the outbreak of war, is appalling and reflects poorly on the establishment of public school, upper class politicians at this time. After the invasion of Poland and the losses of more than 100,000 innocent Polish civilians in air raids, Halifax was STILL holding out for the chance to negotiate a "peace with honour"settlement with Hitler! In fact, he would have happily given away part of the Empire if it meant Britain was left untouched by Hitler. Unbelievable!! The book vividly highlights the utter contempt held by Chamberlain and Halifax (especially), towards the Cezch peoples, Poles and those from the lowland countries of Europe. On public record, Chamberlain readily admitted to his limited knowledge of these peoples and indeed almost every other country in the world. Even Baldwin his predecessor, admitted the same lack of interest and knowledge of foreign affairs. Yet BOTH These Prime Ministers insisted on taking a personal lead in Anglo-French, German and eastern european countries. This book really damming of these two leaders and their fawning sychophantic cabinet members, very few of whom escape this authors exposure of their miserable, pathetic performance. The contempt held by these men for Churchill is also brought sharply to the readers attention. This book is comprehensive, but very readable. It does not attempt to cover Churchill's many flaws. It is not a another piece of Churchillian glorification. It recognises well his determination, stubborness his fanciful ideas - some bordering on recklessness. But it also highlights the man's true greatness. He THE man for the times, of that there can be no doubt. The book stirs the readers blood in its condemnation of the incompetence of British politicians and pre-war leaders, with their incredibly blinkered, head-in-the sand attitude to develpoments in Europe - and their implications for Britain and its Empire. Their failure to look above the parapet so very nearly cost Britain the war. I strongly recommend this book to anyone with even a passing interest in the events prior to the start of WW2. One cautionary point - the grammar in this work is APPALLING! The punctuation looks like someone threw a bucket of commas at it. It is so bad that towards the end of this excellent work, the reader could easily oget slightly irritated by the constant misapplication of the comma. The book has a surprising number of spelling mistakes, too. That aside, this book is an exceptional piece of highly researched, enjoyable, writing.
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Friendoftheworld
5,0 su 5 stelle Inspiring
Recensito in Giappone il 31 gennaio 2015
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The second volume of William Manchester's superb chronicle of Churchill"s life covers the shortest time span of his career, and deals with his years in the political wilderness. It is still a gripping read.
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Ric the Writer
5,0 su 5 stelle Recommended reading if you want to understand the past.
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 6 novembre 2015
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A well researched work on this most complex of men. It gives a detailed, entertaining insight to the private and the public life of WSC when he was almost a loan voice crying in the wilderness, stating the obvious about what was happening in Germany, and the perils of Hitler and the Nazis, which most politicians, and many of the population not just of Britain, but the wider world that had fought the Great Was would rather ignore. Recommended reading for history scholar and anybody else trying to make sense of the past hundred years.
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