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Winston Churchill - His Times, His Crimes (Paperback)
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Winston Churchill - His Times, His Crimes (Paperback)
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List price R365
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Discovery Miles 3 370
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The subject of numerous biographies and history books, Winston
Churchill has been repeatedly voted as one of the greatest of
Englishmen. Even today, Boris Johnson in his failing attempts to be
magisterial, has adopted many of his hero's mannerism! And, as
Tariq Ali agrees, Churchill was undoubtedly right in 1940-41 to
refuse to capitulate to fascism. However, he was also one of the
staunchest defenders of empire and of Britain's imperial doctrine.
In this coruscating biography, Tariq Ali challenges Churchill's
vaulted record. Throughout his long career as journalist,
adventurer, MP, military leader, statesman, and historian,
nationalist self belief influenced Churchill's every step, with
catastrophic effects. As a young man he rode into battle in South
Africa, Sudan and India in order to maintain the Imperial order. As
a minister during the first World War, he was responsible for a
series of calamitous errors that cost thousands of lives. His
attempt to crush the Irish nationalists left scars that have not
yet healed. Despite his record as a defender of his homeland during
the Second World War, he was willing to sacrifice more distant
domains. Singapore fell due to his hubris. Over 3 Millions Bengalis
starved in 1943 as a consequence of his policies. As a peace time
leader, even as the Empire was starting to crumble, Churchill never
questioned his imperial philosophy as he became one of the
architects of the postwar world we live in today.
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