Churchill (up and down)

Author: (English) Winston Churchill, translated by Shen Yongxing and others
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Publishing Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Churchill is widely recognized as one of the greatest statesmen and orators. As a child, he was not good at English and even worse at arithmetic. With wisdom, courage, and relentless effort, he not only defeated his enemies but also conquered himself to become a savior of Britain. This book covers Churchill's birth, family background, military career, his activities as a wartime correspondent in India, Sudan, and South Africa, his rise as a young politician around 1914, the failure of the Dardanelles Campaign, his life in the wilderness from the late 1920s to the 1930s, his appointment as Prime Minister in the summer of 1940, replacing Chamberlain, and his retirement. It is a well-balanced book with rich material and vivid writing. In terms of sources, the book cites many previously unused materials, including newspaper articles almost forgotten by Churchill himself in the 1930s, as well as cabinet documents and records until the end of World War II. Additionally, the author portrays Churchill from multiple perspectives, both as a political figure and as a journalist, historian, painter, and family member, providing detailed, comprehensive, and vivid descriptions.