Winston S. Churchill Livres

Mars 1936, Hitler dénonce le traité de Locarno et envahit la Rhénanie. Trois ans plus tard, il bafoue celui de Munich et annexe la Tchécoslovaquie. Entre ces deux dates, Winston Churchill observe et note ces événements annonciateurs de sombres lendemains. Inlassable défenseur de la paix, il ne cesse d'alerter ses contemporains du danger du réarmement allemand et leur recommande de se préparer à un conflit qui semble, hélas, inévitable. Dans son Journal politique, cet homme politique passionné analyse, avec une clairvoyance presque prophétique, son époque et nous décrit ces temps agités, préludes au déchaînement apocalyptique de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Brillant politicien, excellent écrivain, orateur hors pair, Winston Churchill est l'un des plus grands hommes d'Etat du XXe siècle. François Kersaudy a rassemblé ici ses propos les plus inoubliables et les plus percutants. Comment résister aux considérations du prix Nobel de littérature 1953 sur le destin, la politique, la guerre, de Gaulle, la France, le communisme, Hitler. les Etats-Unis, mais aussi sur l'humour, l'alcool, les femmes, l'histoire et la mort ? Les commentaires de l'historien replacent les citations de Churchill clans leur contexte, en les nuançant à l'occasion et en montrant souvent leur extraordinaire dimension prophétique. Les réflexions et les reparties de ce farouche lutteur doublé d'un grand artiste resteront d'actualité aussi longtemps qu'il y aura des hommes ; et si le rire est la meilleure médecine, Le Monde selon Churchill sera à prescrire très largement et à consommer sans modération...

La seconde guerre mondiale vue par l'un des principaux protagonistes de ce conflit, à partir d'extraits de ses mémoires, de photographies et de documents d'archives.

Keywords : Renaissance - Reformation - Civil war - Restoration. Scope : 15th and 16th centuries.

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.

The quintessential account of the Second World War as seen by Winston Churchill, its greatest leader As Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945, Winston Churchill was not only the most powerful player in World War II but also the free world's most eloquent voice of defiance in the face of Nazi tyranny. Churchill's epic accounts of those times, remarkable for their grand sweep and incisive firsthand observations, are distilled here in a single essential volume. Memoirs of the Second World War is a vital and illuminating work that retains the drama, eyewitness details, and magisterial prose of his classic six-volume history and offers an invaluable view of pivotal events of the twentieth century.

Covers the problems confronted by Churchill as he becomes Prime Minister, the Battle of France, the story of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, and the rebuilding of England's Army

Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, this romance explores the challenges and passions that arise during a time of conflict. Characters navigate their relationships while grappling with the harsh realities of war, highlighting themes of love, sacrifice, and resilience. The story intertwines personal struggles with historical events, creating a poignant narrative that captures the emotional landscape of an era marked by upheaval and change.

This book features a collection of thematically arranged words from Winston Churchill, a charismatic and controversial 20th-century figure known for escaping capture in the Boer War, winning a Nobel Prize, and serving as prime minister twice.

Winston Churchill 'mobilized the English language and sent it into battle'. President John F. Kennedy conferring Honorary US Citizenship, April 1963 Winston Churchill was the most eloquent and expressive statesman of his age. When Britain stood alone and all but defenceless, with his resolute and pugnacious tone and puckish sense of humour he inspired his fellow-countrymen to resist, to fight and to conquer. While the definitive collection of Churchill's speeches fills eight volumes, here, his grandson, Winston S. Churchill, has put together a personal selection of his favourite speeches in a single volume. He has chosen from his grandfather's entire output covering the whole of Churchill's life, from his maiden speech to his last days. It includes Churchill's best-known speeches as well as some that have never been published in popular form.