For a man who longed for a quiet existence, Arthur Ransome led a remarkably adventurous life. His two marriages - first to an unstable fantasist and later to a formidable Russian who had been Trotsky's secretary - were, to say the least, stormy.
This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. To understand Kennedy's aims and achievements in the White House, it looks at Kennedy the man and outlines his background and early career and the influences upon him. Hugh Brogan shows Kennedy as a... číst celé
This superb one-volume history--from early British colonization to the fall of President Nixon--captures all the vivid personalities and events as well as the broad sweep of America's triumphant progress. Hugh Brogan looks at the period leading to Independence from the American and British points of view, explores the permanent features, both good and bad, of the 'American character' and produces a masterly synthesis of all the latest research to show how the USA developed so rapidly from small beginnings to global dominance.
Hugh Brogan's The Penguin History of the USA has established itself as the definitive and most readable work available on America. It brilliantly captures the dynamic events and personalities that shaped the nation's triumphant progress to global superpower: in Brogan's words, "for good and evil, a power and civilization that surpasses ... all empires of the past." In this new edition, Brogan makes numerous revisions to earlier chapters, taking into account the most up-to-date research into American history
Britský historik Hugh Brogan podává v této knize brilantní životopis slavného francouzského politického myslitele Alexise de Tocquevilla (1805–1859). Kniha je plná hlubokých poznatků o Tocquevillovi – sociologovi, historikovi, prorokovi společnosti a liberálním politikovi. Největší úspěch ale přesto slaví jako životopis. Díky Broganovu životopiseckému umění čteme knihu s potěšením, když provázíme Tocquevilla na cestě po Americe nebo když se stáváme svědky toho, jak v roce 1848 riskuje život na pařížských ulicích. Totéž umění však způsobuje, že poslední stránky jsou mučivou četbou. Broganova kniha byla oceněna jak v Anglii (kde se dostala do nejužší nominace na Orwellovu cenu), tak ve Spojených státech.
