Churchill
Subtitle: visionary, statesman, historian
By: John Lukacs.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965; Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "John Lukacs has spent a lifetime considering the complex personality and statesmanship of Winston Churchill. In previous books Lukacs told the story of Churchill's titanic struggle with Adolf Hitler in the early days of World War II. Now, in Churchill: Visionary. Statesman. Historian., he turns his attention to Churchill the man and visionary statesman.".

"Each chapter of this book provides an essential portrait of Churchill at the height of his powers.

In addition to vividly depicting his relationships with Stalin, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and other world leaders, Lukacs reflects on Churchill's ability to foresee the coming of World War II and the Cold War; he weighs Churchill's stature as a historian looking backward at the conflicts of which he was so much a part; and he examines the often contradictory ways Churchill has been perceived by critics and admirers alike. The last chapter is a powerful and deeply moving evocation of the three days Lukacs spent in London attending Churchill's funeral in 1965, and it offers a final assessment of Churchill's place in history through the prism of the varied individuals who came to honor him after his death. In Churchill: Visionary. Statesman.

Historian., Luckacs sets forth the essence of this towering figure with consummate mastery."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.