Great Contemporaries
by Winston Churchill /
2016 / English / PDF
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Great Contemporaries
Great Contemporaries profiles towering figures ranging
from Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Lawrence of Arabia and
Leon Trotsky to Charlie Chaplin, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling and
George Bernard Shaw. Written in the decade before Churchill
became prime minister, the essays in
profiles towering figures ranging
from Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Lawrence of Arabia and
Leon Trotsky to Charlie Chaplin, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling and
George Bernard Shaw. Written in the decade before Churchill
became prime minister, the essays inGreat Contemporaries
Great Contemporaries
focus on the challenges of statecraft at a time when the
democratic revolution was toppling older regimes based on
tradition and aristocratic privilege.
focus on the challenges of statecraft at a time when the
democratic revolution was toppling older regimes based on
tradition and aristocratic privilege.
Churchill's keen observations take on new importance in our own
age of roiling political change. Ultimately,
Churchill's keen observations take on new importance in our own
age of roiling political change. Ultimately,Great
Contemporaries
Great
Contemporaries provides fascinating insight into the
statesman's perspective.
provides fascinating insight into the
statesman's perspective.
Churchill's objective is clear: he tries to learn from these
giants what makes a man great. He approaches his subjects with a
measuring eye, finding their limitations at least as revealing as
their merits. This new edition of
Churchill's objective is clear: he tries to learn from these
giants what makes a man great. He approaches his subjects with a
measuring eye, finding their limitations at least as revealing as
their merits. This new edition ofGreat Contemporaries
Great Contemporaries
brings back Churchill's unmatched insights and unforgettable
prose for a new generation of listeners and leaders.
brings back Churchill's unmatched insights and unforgettable
prose for a new generation of listeners and leaders.
