This volume is a fascinating collection of early speeches to Parliament from perhaps the greatest orator and statesman of the 20th century and the winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature--Winston S. Churchill.
This volume is a fascinating collection of early speeches to Parliament from perhaps the greatest orator and statesman of the 20th century and the win...
Here Sir Winston S. Churchill -- the same man who would go on to lead the free world through its darkest hours during the second world war -- tells the tale of the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan. It isn't just an account of the battles and the politics; it's the story of the destiny of the people of the region: Churchill with his powerful insight tells how the war changed the fates of England, Egypt, and the Arabian peoples in northeast Africa. In vivid style the book describes the background to the war, the relationship of the Upper Nile to Egypt, the murder of General Charles...
Here Sir Winston S. Churchill -- the same man who would go on to lead the free world through its darkest hours during the second world war -- tells...
While I was attached to the Malakand Field Force I wrote a series of letters for the London Daily Telegraph. The favorable manner in which these letters were received, encouraged me to attempt a more substantial work. This volume is the result. The original letters have been broken up, and I have freely availed myself of all passages, phrases, and facts, that seemed appropriate. The views they contained have not been altered, though several opinions and expressions, which seemed mild in the invigorating atmosphere of a camp, have been modified, to suit the more temperate climate...
While I was attached to the Malakand Field Force I wrote a series of letters for the London Daily Telegraph. The favorable manner in which...
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From the author's introduction: -The stir and tumult of a camp do not favor calm or sustained thought, and whatever is written herein must be regarded simply as the immediate effect produced by men powerfully moved, and scenes swiftly changing upon what I hope is a truth-seeking mind.- He described his impressions of the Boer army when he first saw it, as a recently taken captive: What men they were, these Boers I thought of them as I had seen them in the morning riding forward through the rain--thousands of independent riflemen, thinking for themselves, possessed of beautiful weapons,...
From the author's introduction: -The stir and tumult of a camp do not favor calm or sustained thought, and whatever is written herein must be regar...
Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of England during some of the most important moments in history. In 1953 Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Written in 1898 this book was the first non-fiction book written by Churchill. The book details the military campaign in what is now Pakistan and Afghanistan. Churchill was a second Lieutenant. The British moved into the mountain to fight a punitive campaign, because of the malicious raids on the villages in India. By being a part of the military forces in this campaign Churchill gained the strategic knowledge he would later need in World...
Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of England during some of the most important moments in history. In 1953 Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literat...
The series of speeches included in this volume ranges in point of time from the earlier months of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Government to the latest phase in the fortunes of Mr. Asquith's succeeding Ministry and forms an argumentative defence of the basis of policy common to both Administrations.
The series of speeches included in this volume ranges in point of time from the earlier months of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Government to the lat...
Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of England during some of the most important moments in history. In 1953 Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature. This collection of early speeches by Churchill cover such topics as the adoption of constitutions for the defeated Boer republics of Transvaal and the Orange River Colony and the 'People's Budget, ' a new wealth redistribution scheme of the Liberal Government, and the House of Lords and the battle with the government challenging the power of the Commons. This historically significant collection of speeches gives the reader an insight into...
Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of England during some of the most important moments in history. In 1953 Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literat...
Churchill's personal account of the first five months of the Second Boer War; including the Relief of Ladysmith, and Churchill's capture and dramatic escape from the Boers.
Churchill's personal account of the first five months of the Second Boer War; including the Relief of Ladysmith, and Churchill's capture and dramatic ...
