Title: A harmony of interests : explorations in the mind of Sir Winston Churchill /
Authors: Weidhorn, Manfred, 1931-
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Associated University Presses,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, Political and social views.; Churchill, Winston, Views on international relations.; Churchill, Winston, Views on war.; Churchill, Winston,
Abstract: This study of Churchill's sensibility is an attempt to portray - through a scrutiny of his written and spoken words - the ineffable mental processes at the border of thought and feeling. It is also a collection of observations made by acquaintances of the man, critics, and historians. The present work seeks to present Churchill's "harmony of interests," his thoughts and feelings on a half dozen major topics - literature, conservatism, war, Marlborough, America, and the Great Man. Unlike the typical politician, Churchill had contacts with many men of letters. Though he cooperated with Galsworthy on prison reform, for four decades he had a running battle with Wells and Shaw on such issues as Communism in Russia and Greece, the Empire, and the British social system. Such conflict raises the question of Churchill's ideology, which became increasingly conservative with time.^