Churchill Defiant: Fighting On 19451955
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Churchill Defiant: Fighting On 19451955
By (Author) Barbara Leaming
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperPress
7th December 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
941.084092
Physical Properties
Hardback
400
Width 159mm, Height 227mm, Spine 39mm
697g
Description
Winston Churchill rages against time and his own mortality, in conflict with friend and foe alike, in this tumultuous political drama of his last ten years of public life. Here is Churchill at his most outrageous, maddening and devious but also at his most human, courageous, and defiant.
At the end of July 1945, Churchill was a defeated man - hurled from power by the British people after a war in which he had saved his country.
Churchill Defiant' is the story of how, when it seemed impossible, Churchill fought his way back over the next six years to the centre of great events. In 1951, at last Prime Minister once more, he was ready to begin his dash to win 'the last prize I seek': the lasting peace that had eluded the world after Hitler's defeat.
But Churchill's battles were just beginning. He would have to wage war with both his closest colleagues and his most indispensable allies, the Americans, to get to where none of them wanted him to go: the negotiating table with the Soviets.
Barbara Leaming has written a gripping, fast-paced narrative of bare knuckle politics, of life and death decisions, of old grudges, and fresh blame. It is a compelling, vivid, and often deeply poignant portrait of the great man at a time when almost no one wanted him to remain on the public stage and when he was willing to do absolutely anything to stay there.
Author Bio
Barbara Leaming is the author of two New York Times bestselling biographies and three New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Her most recent book, a biography of John F. Kennedy, focused on the influence of British history and culture on the 35th President. She was the first to write extensively about the extraordinary influence of Winston Churchill on Kennedy's intellectual formation and political strategies. Her articles have appeared in many publications including The Times, Vanity Fair and the New York Times Magazine. She is married and lives in Connecticut.
