Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality
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Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality by Richard M Langworth
Winston Churchill, indispensable when liberty was in peril, dead since 1965, is today still accused of various sins, from alcoholism and racism to misogyny and warmongering. On the Internet, he simmers in a stew of imagined misdeeds-he knew about Pearl Harbor before it happened, he plotted the 1929 Wall Street crash. Drawing on the author's fifty years of research and writing on Churchill, this book uncovers the scores of myths surrounding him-the popular and the obscure-to reveal what he really said and did about many issues. Churchill had two personas-one that thought deeply about the nature of humanity, and one that helped to solve seemingly intractable problems. In his many decades in public life, he made mistakes but his faults were eclipsed by his virtues and his good name stands.
In challenging popular misperceptions, Langworth has taken Churchill out of the clutches of both the worshipful and the iconoclasts, thus giving him over to the appreciative.those who can look at him, warts and all."" - Warren Kimball, editor of Churchill & Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence
""No one alive knows more about Winston Churchill than Richard Langworth, his vicar on earth. This superb book lays bare the lies told by some, but also reveals new truths about The Greatest Englishman."" - Andrew Roberts, Lehrman Institute Distinguished Scholar, New-York Historical Society
""No one is better qualified than Richard Langworth, a lifelong student of Churchill, to strip away the falsehoods that belittle the personality, the career and the greatness of this giant historical figure."" - Paul Addison, University of Edinburgh
"This is as close to rendering a definitive verdict on the topic as anyone can come. [...] Written in a lucid style and with brief chapters concentrating on the key questions, this book will be consulted by every person eager to find the truth about one “Great Man” of history whose reputation has been somewhat besmirched by “alternative facts,” rumors, malice, or intellectual laziness." - Manfred Weidhorn, The Historian
""No one alive knows more about Winston Churchill than Richard Langworth, his vicar on earth. This superb book lays bare the lies told by some, but also reveals new truths about The Greatest Englishman."" - Andrew Roberts, Lehrman Institute Distinguished Scholar, New-York Historical Society
""No one is better qualified than Richard Langworth, a lifelong student of Churchill, to strip away the falsehoods that belittle the personality, the career and the greatness of this giant historical figure."" - Paul Addison, University of Edinburgh
"This is as close to rendering a definitive verdict on the topic as anyone can come. [...] Written in a lucid style and with brief chapters concentrating on the key questions, this book will be consulted by every person eager to find the truth about one “Great Man” of history whose reputation has been somewhat besmirched by “alternative facts,” rumors, malice, or intellectual laziness." - Manfred Weidhorn, The Historian
Richard M. Langworth began his Churchill work in 1968 when he organized the Churchill Study Unit and its journal, Finest Hour. In 1971 the Study Unit became the International Churchill Society and finally the Churchill Centre, devoted to all aspects of Churchill's life. He lives in Moultonborough, New Hampshire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781476665832 |
| ISBN 10 | 1476665834 |
| Title | Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality |
| Author | Richard M Langworth |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Year published | 2017-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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