Bibliographic Information
- Title
- "Churchill's empire : the world that made him and the world he made"
- Statement of Responsibility
- Richard Toye
- Publisher
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- Henry Holt and Co.
- 1st ed
- Publication Year
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- 2010
- Book size
- 25 cm
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Notes
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2010 by Pan Macmillan"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical reference (p. [317]-407) and index
Summary: "A charmer and a bully, Winston Churchill was driven by a belief that the English were a superior race, whose goals when beyond individual interests to offer an enduring good to the entire world. No better example exists than Churchill's resolve to stand alone against a more powerful Hitler in 1940 while the world's democracies fell to their knees. But there is also the Churchill who frequently inveighed against human rights, nationalism, and constitutional progress--the imperialist who could celebrate racism and believed India was unsuited to democracy. Drawing on newly released documents and an uncanny ability to separate the facts from the overblown reputation (by midcareer Churchill had become a global brand), Richard Toye provides the first comprehensive analysis of Churchill's relationship with the empire. Instead of locating Churchill's position on a simple left/right spectrum, Toye demonstrates how the statesman evolved and challenges the reader to understand Churchill's need to reconcile the
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1130000798227276032
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- NII Book ID
- BB05183689
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- ISBN
- 9780805087956
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- LCCN
- 2010001427
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- Web Site
- https://lccn.loc.gov/2010001427
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Country Code
- us
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- Title Language Code
- en
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- Place of Publication
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- New York
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- Classification
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- LCC: DA566.9.C5
- DC22: 941.084092
- DC22: B
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- Data Source
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- CiNii Books