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“By far the most important, thoughtful edition of Churchill’s famous personality sketches ever published . . . The indispensable ‘desert island’ text for any marooned Churchillian.” —Finest Hour
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Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) served twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom, held numerous political and cabinet positions, fought in wars on four continents, and wrote more than forty books. In 1953 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. About the Editor James W. Muller, professor of political science at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, is academic chairman of the Churchill Centre, a by-fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and a recipient of the Farrow Award for Excellence in Churchill Studies. He is the editor of Winston Churchill’s Thoughts and Adventures, also available from ISI Books.
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Paperback: 504 pages
Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute; 1 edition (May 11, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935191993
ISBN-13: 978-1935191995
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6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
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“Morley had risen to eminence and to old age in a brilliant, hopeful world. He lived to see that fair world shattered, its hopes broken, its wealth squandered. He lived to see the fearful Armageddon, ‘the angry vision of this hideous war,’ the nations hurled against each other in the largest, the most devastating, and nearly the most ferocious of all human quarrels.’’‘Hopes broken, wealth destroyed’ in World War 1. So . . . so . . . true. We still live in the cultural rubble.“We were in the presence of events without their equal or forerunner in the whole experience of mankind. This frightful, monstrous thing, that had been so long whispered, was now actually upon us.’’Morley resigned from British cabinet rather than vote for war in 1914. This slice illustrates (to me) the appeal of this work. Not so much the careful textual portraits, or the revelations by insider Churchill (which are here), but his snapshot of the men and events that produced modernity. We are from that time, but, in every possible way, we are no longer of that world.What happened?One clue, from the essay on George Bernard Shaw . . .“But these sources are not enough; something must be found to replace religion as a binding force and a director. Mr. Shanks says:‘All his life he has suffered under a handicap, which is that he is shy of using … the name of God, yet cannot find any proper substitute.’ Therefore he must invent the Life-Force, must twist the Saviour into a rather half-hearted Socialist, and establish Heaven in his own political image.’’This observation about Shaw, seems a good analysis of modern thought. ‘Heaven replaced by politics’.“Few people practise what they preach, and no one less so than Mr. Bernard Shaw. Few are more capable of having the best of everything both ways. His spiritual home is no doubt in Russia; his native land is the Irish Free State; but he lives in comfortable England. His dissolvent theories of life and society have been sturdily banished from his personal conduct and his home. No one has ever led a more respectable life or been a stronger seceder from his own subversive imagination. He derides the marriage vow and even at times the sentiment of love itself; yet no one is more happily or wisely married.’’Churchill can really make a point!“He prattles agreeably with the tame English Socialists, and preens himself with evident satisfaction in the smiles alike of Stalin or Mussolini. He promulgates in stern decree that all incomes should be equalized and that anyone who has more than another is guilty—unconsciously perhaps—of personal meanness, if not fraud; he has always preached the ownership of all forms of wealth by the State; yet when the Lloyd George Budget imposed for the first time the slender beginnings of the Super-tax, no one made a louder squawk than this already wealthy Fabian. He is at once an acquisitive capitalist and a sincere Communist. He makes his characters talk blithely about killing men for the sake of an idea; but would take great trouble not to hurt a fly.’’Well . . . nice to know that hypocrisy didn’t start in the twentieth century. This ability to live one way, and then to preach opposing ideas, seems to be spreading.THE EX-KAISERGEORGE BERNARD SHAWJOSEPH CHAMBERLAINJOHN MORLEYHINDENBURGBORIS SAVINKOVLAWRENCE OF ARABIAMARSHAL FOCHLEON TROTSKY, ALIAS BRONSTEINDOUGLAS HAIGARTHUR JAMES BALFOURHITLER AND HIS CHOICEGEORGE NATHANIEL CURZONCLEMENCEAUCHARLES STEWART PARNELLH. G. WELLSCHARLIE CHAPLINKITCHENER OF KHARTOUMRUDYARD KIPLINGOne portrait, Boris Savinlov, was new to me, both the man and his movement . . .“His being was organized upon a theme. His life was devoted to a cause. That cause was the freedom of the Russian people. In that cause there was nothing he would not dare or endure. He had not even the stimulus of fanaticism. He was that extraordinary product—a Terrorist for moderate aims.’’( . . . Churchill’s opinion is all the more interesting, with his criticism of Trotsky . . . )“A reasonable and enlightened policy—the Parliamentary system of England, the land tenure of France, freedom, toleration and goodwill—to be achieved whenever necessary by dynamite at the risk of death. No disguise could baffle his clear-cut perceptions. The forms of government might be revolutionized; the top might become the bottom and the bottom the top; the meaning of words, the association of ideas, the rôles of individuals, the semblance of things might be changed out of all recognition without deceiving him.’’What makes these drawings so cool, is that Churchill is drawing from personal experience. For example . . .Churchill and Savinkov meeting with David Lloyd George in 1920 —“The Prime Minister argued that revolutions like diseases run a regular course, that the worst was already over in Russia, that the Bolshevik leaders confronted with the responsibilities of actual government would quit their Communistic theories or that they would quarrel among themselves and fall like Robespierre and St. Just, that others weaker or more moderate would succeed them, and that by successive convulsions a more tolerable regime would be established.’’ ‘Mr. Prime Minister,’ said Savinkov in his formal way, ‘you will permit me the honour of observing that after the fall of the Roman Empire there ensued The Dark Ages.’Wow!“The reign of King George V will be regarded as one of the most important and memorable in the whole range of English history and that of the British Empire. In no similar period have such tremendous changes swept across the world; in none have its systems, manners and outlook been more decisively altered; in none have the knowledge, science, wealth and power of mankind undergone such vast and rapid expansion.’’Churchill deeply convinced that he was living through special, never-before-seen, circumstances. I agree.“Indeed, the speed at which the evolution of society has taken place baffles all comparison. These great shocks and disturbances have been fatal to most of the empires, monarchies and political organizations of Europe and Asia. A large part of the globe which in Victorian times lay in the mild sunshine of law and tranquillity is now scourged by storms of anarchy. Mighty nations which gained their liberties in the nineteenth century, and hopefully erected parliaments to preserve them, have fallen, or yielded themselves, to the sway of dictatorships.’’This from 1930’s. What would he say now?“Over immense regions inhabited by the most gifted and educated races, as well as in barbarous countries, all enjoyment of individual freedom, all assertion of the rights of the individual against the State, has utterly lapsed. Democracy has incontinently cast aside the treasures gained by centuries of struggle and sacrifice. With a savage shout, not only the old feudalisms, but all liberal ideals have been swept away.’’Everywhere?“Still there is one great system in which law is respected and freedom reigns, where the ordinary citizen may assert his rights fearlessly against the executive power and criticize as he chooses its agents and policies. At the heart of the British Empire there is one institution, among the most ancient and venerable, which, so far from falling into desuetude or decay, has breasted the torrent of events, and even derived new vigour from the stresses. Unshaken by the earthquakes, unweakened by the dissolvent tides, though all be drifting, the Royal and Imperial Monarchy of Britain stands firm.’’Well . . . Churchill lived to see this confidence in ‘unweakened by strong ideas’ was just . . . wrong!Churchill is easy to read. Writing for general reader. His mother was American and sounds more American than British.Reader needs some interest in British history, especially political or military events. I focused more on the background than the people. Churchill gets a lot done with few words.Incisive, trenchant, opinionated, although without arrogance (won Nobel prize for literature).Thirty four illustrations (linked)Hundreds of notes (linked). Very helpful, explaining events in nineteenth century.No index
This is a book I grew up with. There is a history and an emotional attachment. Was given to me by my dad with markings on some pages that I memorise for the beauty of the language. There were beautiful pictures too. It was a wonderful edition. Somehow I lost it. Somebody borrowed from my dad and it never came back. Tried in 2006 to buy the same book on Amazon and Ebay. I did find the exactly the same first or so UK edition but it was in hundreds of dollars. So with a heavy heart I gave up. But then I got this US edition at amazon. I loved it and gave it to my kids to memorise the same passages so that the language and its construction goes into the system which you will draw on when you sit down to write. You know Mr. Churchill writes very well and it is one of the best books he has written. I love the book. If people have not read it don't know what they have missed.
Each individual brought to life, sometimes so perceptively as to rival Virginia Woolf, but with Churchill's own distinctive language and preferences. He treats political rivals sympathetically and generously, but gives each a different and distinctive flavor. Fun even for figures now largely forgotten (e.g., Lord Rosebery), and sometimes fascinating as with his take on Lawrence of Arabia. He views true enemies like Trotsky venomously, but such one-dimensional portraits are rare. Even the Kaiser and Hindenburg are seen in interesting light.
As a commentator notes, it is our good fortune that someone who was a major part of the making of 20th century history was also a gifted writer. This book is a jewel, with Churchill's insights on major figures viewed from his unique inside vantage point. The prose is a bit flowery and at times even Shakespearean, but still manages to be conversational. He weaves in literary references that set the tone on a classical and historic plane, sharing his stellar educational background and knowledge. In all, it is uniquely Churchillian. The piece on Kitchener is especially moving, as Churchill delves into the ironies of their relationship and its evolution over the years. This is a book to be kept close as one of the greats, and a deeply satisfying read.
(Note: this book was not written by Robert A. Smith, but by Winston Churchill!)Written in his usual admirable style, these are Churchill's extended character sketches of the great men of his time, ranging from the very well-known (Trotsky, Hitler, FDR, Lawrence of Arabia) to people you have probably never heard of, such as the first Earl of Birkenhead and the Earl of Rosebery. After reading them, you will wish you had known them... Not one person in the U.S. Congress can pass comparison with "F.E.," the first Earl of Birkenhead. These were largely men raised as aristocrats, very well educated, and with huge personal abilities of their own. The chapter on Asquith will open your eyes.It makes our leaders look like midgets.Highly recommended, indeed!
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