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Title: Churchill: A Study in Greatness by Geoffrey Best ISBN: 0-19-516139-4 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Filling in the Gaps
Comment: Best's "Churchill" is somewhat bland, but it fills in many of the details left out of more dramatic biographies. The author shows how Winston Churchill's intelligence, energy and creativity transformed a wide variety of mundane assignments. Churchill built his reputation the hard way, by mastering the details, not by avoiding them.
Rating: 5
Summary: Churchill: A Cogent Inspiration to Future Leaders
Comment: Geoffrey Best has realized an impressive tour de force in concisely narrating the life of Winston Churchill in less than 350 pages. Best excels at making a cogent analysis of Churchill's strengths and weaknesses. Churchill knew early on that he was called to great things and made his best to make it happen. Churchill's road to destiny was not straightforward in part because of his own personality. "Churchill: A Study in Greatness" is an invitation to know more about an exceptional man who stands out in world history while most of his critics and detractors have sunk into total oblivion.
Rating: 5
Summary: True Greatness
Comment: Geoffrey Best undertakes an unenviable task with this book. He attempts to capture the life of one of England's greatest leaders in one book. Best is successful in his attempt.
While it is obviously impossible to list all of Churchill's great stories and accomplishments in just over 300 pages, Best is entertaining in his approach. While this chronological tale may be a bit dry to the average reader, those who enjoy history will embrace this book. Best documents Churchill's attitude that he was destined for greatness early in life, discusses many of his war strategies, and is thorough enough to look into Churchill's family and personal life. Many people are unaware of the tragic lives of his three children, all of which are alluded to in this book. There truly is more to this man than is demontrated in the common pictures history books record of him.
Churchill worked toward bettering England and world almost unitl his death. This man who was largely self taught played a large role in shaping contemporary Europe even when he was no longer the Prime Miister. Even when his idea of the United States of Europe failed, he continued to be an early proponent of arms control and ending communism. The chapters which discuss his later years are among the most fascinating parts of this book.
Books on the life of Churchill can go into much greater detail than this. This book is an excellent starter for learning about the life of Churchill.
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Title: Winston Churchill: A Penguin Life (Penguin Lives) by John Keegan ISBN: 0670030791 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 10 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Churchill: Visionary. Statesman. Historian. by John Lukacs ISBN: 0300097697 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The British Isles, 1901-1951: Edited by Keith Robbins (Short Oxford History of the British Isles) by Keith Robbins ISBN: 0198731965 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britain (Penguin History) by David Cannadine ISBN: 0140249532 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt : (The American Presidents Series) (The American Presidents) by Roy Jenkins, Arthur M. Schlesinger ISBN: 0805069593 Publisher: Times Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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