Churchill Read By Martin Gilbert
| Title | : | Churchill |
| Author | : | Martin Gilbert |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 1088 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0805023968 |
It is impossible to understand the Second World War without understanding Winston Churchill, the bold British Prime Minister who showed himself to be one of the greatest statesmen any nation has ever known This lengthy biography is a single volume abridgment of a massive, eight volume work that took a quarter century to write It covers Churchill s entire life, highlighti It is impossible to understand the Second World War without understanding Winston Churchill, the bold British Prime Minister who showed himself to be one of the greatest statesmen any nation has ever known This lengthy biography is a single volume abridgment of a massive, eight volume work that took a quarter century to write It covers Churchill s entire life, highlighting not only his exploits during the Second World War, but also his early belief in technology and how it would revolutionize warfare in the 20th century Churchill learned how to fly a plane before the First World War, and was also involved in the development of both the tank and anti aircraft defense, but he truly showed his unmatched mettle during his country s darkest moments His finest hour was the leadership of Britain when it was most isolated, most threatened, and most weak when his own courage, determination, and belief in democracy became at one with the nation, writes Gilbert
about Author
The official biographer of Winston Churchill and a leading historian on the Twentieth Century, Sir Martin Gilbert was a scholar and an historian who, though his 88 books, has shown their is such a thing as true history Born in London in 1936, Martin Gilbert was educated at Highgate School, and Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours He was a Research Scholar at St Anthony s The official biographer of Winston Churchill and a leading historian on the Twentieth Century, Sir Martin Gilbert was a scholar and an historian who, though his 88 books, has shown their is such a thing as true history Born in London in 1936, Martin Gilbert was educated at Highgate School, and Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours He was a Research Scholar at St Anthony s College, and became a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford in 1962, and an Honorary Fellow in 1994 After working as a researcher for Randolph Churchill, Gilbert was chosen to take over the writing of the Churchill biography upon Randolph s death in 1968, writing six of the eight volumes of biography and editing twelve volumes of documents In addition, Gilbert has written pioneering and classic works on the First and Second World Wars, the Twentieth Century, the Holocaust, and Jewish history.Gilbert drove every aspect of his books, from finding archives to corresponding with eyewitnesses and participants that gave his work veracity and meaning, to finding and choosing illustrations, drawing maps that mention each place in the text, and compiling the indexes He travelled widely lecturing and researching, advised political figures and filmmakers, and gave a voice and a name to those who fought and those who fell 
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It is impossible to understand the Second World War without understanding Winston Churchill, the bold British Prime Minister who showed himself to be
1088 pagesMartin Gilbert
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