A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume IV: The Great Democracies

ISBN-13: 9781472585714 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 264 str.

Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill

Opis

"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire thought and felt about their country's past." The Daily Telegraph Spanning four volumes and many centuries of history, from Caesar's invasion of Britain to the start of World War I, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples stands as one of Winston Churchill's most magnificent literary works. Begun during Churchill's 'wilderness years' when he was out of government, first published in 1956 after his leadership through the darkest days of World War II had cemented his place in history and completed when Churchill was in his 80s, it remains to this day a compelling and vivid history. The Great Democracies is the fourth and final volume of Churchill's history. Here, Churchill reaches the modern era. For Britain, this was the high Victorian era of Palmerston, Gladstone and Disraeli, an age of free trade and imperialism as the British spread to Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Meanwhile the fledgling republic in America endured the great crisis of the Civil War to take its first steps on the road to becoming the world superpower that endures to this day.

Spis treści

PrefaceMapsBook X: Recovery and Reform1. The Victory Peace2. Canning and the Duke3. Reform and Free Trade4. The Crimean War5. Palmerston6. The Migration of the Peoples I: Canada and South Africa7. The Migration of the Peoples II: Australia and New ZealandBook XI: The Great Republic1. American Epic2. Slavery and Secession3. The Union in Danger4. The Campaign Against Richmond5. Lee and McClellan6. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg7. The Victory of the UnionBook XII: The Victorian Age1. The Rise of Germany2. Gladstone and Disraeli3. American "Reconstruction"4. America as a World Power5. Home Rule for Ireland6. Lord Salisbury's Governments7. The South African Warindex

O autorze

Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940-1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century, he was also a gifted orator, statesman and historian. The author of more than 40 books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and in 1963 was made an honorary citizen of the United States.