Churchill: The Power of Words (Hardcover)
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Description
This book contains one hundred extracts from Winston Churchill's books, articles and speeches. They range from his memories of his schooldays, to his contributions to the debates on social policy and on war, his contributions in both world wars to the events and discourse, and his efforts after 1945 to see the world a better place.
About the Author
Martin Gilbert is Churchill's official biographer and one of Britain’s leading historians. He is the author of eighty-two books, including Churchill: A Life. He is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a Distinguished Fellow of Hillsdale College, Michigan. He lives in London.
Praise for Churchill: The Power of Words…
Washington Times, 7/31/12“What makes this particular volume stand out is the expert’s encyclopedic knowledge about the subject—and his keen eye in choosing the most exceptional works of a man who wrote and spoke so many of them. Mr. Gilbert has long been Churchill’s greatest champion, but he wisely takes a secondary role to simply provide brief thoughts on each excerpt’s historical significance. In doing so, Churchill’s astonishing mastery of the English language can thereby do all the talking…a superb volume of Churchill’s writings and speeches.”
Veterans Reporter, 9/1/12“[A] masterful book and a history worth buying and reading and paying attention to.”
Buffalo News, 9/30/12“Churchill’s speeches…sing in a way English language statesmen and politicians have tried unsuccessfully to match ever since. This volume has them all, and in chronological order, often with brief lead-ins to supply context, so it can be read as a history of the British Empire during the first have of the 20th century, or used as an anthology of Churchillian quotations…Kudos to Sir Gilbert for the service he has performed in packing the best of Churchill into one comprehensible volume.”
