Churchill
John Lukacs
'A brilliant, heavyweight little book … This is a modern history that refuses easy answers: its skillful concision cuts painfully to the bone and spills real blood on the carpets of Whitehall and Westminster.'
(The Times)'No historian of the Second World War has John Lukacs's range, acuteness, intuition.'
Daniel Patrick Moynihan'A man who lives and breathes history, whose knowledge is limitless and tuned to a pitch that rings true.'
(Publishers Weekly)In previous books, John Lukacs has told the story of Winston Churchill’s titanic struggle with Adolf Hitler in the early days of World War II. Now he turns his attention to Churchill the man and visionary statesman. He deals with Churchill’s vital relationships with Stalin, Roosevelt, and Eisenhower, as well as his complex, far-sighted political vision concerning the coming of World War II and the Cold War. He also assesses Churchill’s abilities as a historian, as well as the often contradictory ways in which Churchill has been perceived by critics and admirers alike. The last chapter is a powerful and deeply moving evocation of the three days Lukacs spent in London attending Churchill’s funeral in 1965. In this little gem of a book, Lukacs deftly sets forth the essence of the towering figure of twentieth-century history with the consummate mastery of a great historian.
John Lukacs
John Lukacs was professor of history at Chestnut College, Philadelphia, until his retirement. He is the author of more than 20 books, including The Hitler of History, The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age (which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize), The Last European War, 1939–1941, The Duel, and A Thread of Years.
Extent: 224pp
Size: 210mm x 135mm
ISBN (10): 0908011 822
ISBN (13): 9780908011827
RRP: $26.95
Pub date: October 2002
Status: Out of print
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