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- Book Title
- Winston Churchill : His Times, His Crimes
- Publication Name
- Winston Churchill
- Title
- Winston Churchill
- Subtitle
- His Times, His Crimes
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1788735773
- EAN
- 9781788735773
- ISBN
- 9781788735773
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, World / European, Presidents & Heads of State, Europe / Great Britain / General
- Release Date
- 10/05/2022
- Release Year
- 2022
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 21.8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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A critical and radical biography of the last great Imperialist The subject of numerous biographies and history books, Winston Churchill has been repeatedly voted as one of the greatest of Englishmen. Even today, Boris Johnson in his failing attempts to be magisterial, has adopted many of his hero's mannerism! And, as Tariq Ali agrees, Churchill was undoubtedly right in 1940-41 to refuse to capitulate to fascism. However, he was also one of the staunchest defenders of empire and of Britain's imperial doctrine. In this coruscating biography, Tariq Ali challenges Churchill's vaulted record. Throughout his long career as journalist, adventurer, MP, military leader, statesman, and historian, nationalist self belief influenced Churchill's every step, with catastrophic effects. As a young man he rode into battle in South Africa, Sudan and India in order to maintain the Imperial order. As a minister during the first World War, he was responsible for a series of calamitous errors that cost thousands of lives. His attempt to crush the Irish nationalists left scars that have not yet healed. Despite his record as a defender of his homeland during the Second World War, he was willing to sacrifice more distant domains. Singapore fell due to his hubris. Over 3 Millions Bengalis starved in 1943 as a consequence of his policies. As a peace time leader, even as the Empire was starting to crumble, Churchill never questioned his imperial philosophy as he became one of the architects of the postwar world we live in today.
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Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1788735773
ISBN-13
9781788735773
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11050380991
Product Key Features
Book Title
Winston Churchill : His Times, His Crimes
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, World / European, Presidents & Heads of State, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
21.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Da566.9.C5a45 2022
Reviews
"In Ali's telling, which draws on more honest existing historical scholarship than most popular biographies of Churchill, the two-times prime minister emerges not so much as deeply racist--some of his contemporaries remarked on it in shock--as profoundly authoritarian, with a soft spot for fascist strongmen, and a hostility to working-class assertion." --Priyamvada Gopal, Prospect "Ali portrays Churchill as cruel, incompetent and blinded by prejudice." -- Spectator "Included in the Independent's Books of the month." -- Independent "For Tariq Ali, Churchill debunking, like Churchill worship, is a political act." --David Aaronovitch, Times "A Marxist insult to history." --Simon Heffer, Telegraph "A powerful corrective ... shining a light on the nasty parts of the Churchill story that his supporters conveniently ignore. This book is an unreserved polemic against the man usually celebrated for standing up to Hitler." --Martin Chilton, Independent "An essential antidote to the Churchill myth ... This book could not be more timely." --Lindsey German, Counterfire "A counter to popular mythology; an effort to peel back the curtain of propaganda and locate truth ... a worthy contribution in a crowded field" --Talal Hangari , Labour Hub "[Ali] seeks not so much to flush WC down the toilet of history, but to reassign him to his rightful place as one of history's most over-rated figures ... [a] highly readable book." --Donald Sassoon, Political Quarterly "The important thing about Ali's book, even after a thousand on the same subject, is that it is primarily interested in Churchill's years in service to British imperialism, and only secondarily interested in World War II, inverting the usual balance ... a vital corrective." --Alex Skopic, Current Affairs "Ali's book is a helpful corrective to the cult of Churchill that has come to dominate British culture. His study makes one thing clear: there is ultimately no path to a socialist and internationalist future without challenging this legacy." --Liam Kennedy, Jacobin "Ali's examination remains an important corrective to the hagiographic praise that Churchill receives to this day." --Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, Praise for The Clash of Fundamentalisms by Tariq Ali "Ali's style is vigorous, his narrative compelling, showing that the short-term, self-interested and oil-greedy policies of the British and Americans in such countries as Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iran must make our much-vaunted ideals of democracy and equity seem like a bad joke." - Karen Armstrong, The Times " The Clash of Fundamentalisms is well worth reading ... it shows that the harshest critics of fundamentalism are often exponents of a rival fundamentalism." - John Gray, Independent "In this timely and important book, Tariq Ali puts the events of September 11 into sweeping historical perspective. As we have come to expect from him, he is lucid, eloquent, literary, and painfully honest, as he dissects both Islamic and Western fundamentalism." - Howard Zinn "It will not open doors at the White House because it makes for uncomfortable reading ... a wide-ranging and powerfully argued critique, that gives pause for thought." - Financial Times "Urbane, highly intelligent and vividly written." - Richard Sennett, Times Literary Supplement "The book is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the nightmare of history from which so many people are struggling to awake, and deserves serious engagement and consideration. Ali broadens our horizons, geographically, historically, intellectually and politically. ... His mode of history telling is lyrical and engaging, humane and passionate." - Anthony Arnove, The Nation
Lccn
2021-050568
Dewey Decimal
941.084092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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