The Second World War: The One-Volume Abridgement
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
自身の経験を交えながら、第二次世界大戦の進行を政治と軍事の両面からたどる大著。首相としての判断、連合国の動き、外交の裏側を、回想録としての熱量と歴史叙述の読みやすさを両立させて描く。
作品情報
戦時指導者自身が語る、第二次世界大戦の全体像。
チャーチル自身の視点から、1939年から1945年にかけての戦争の推移を立体的に描く歴史大作。戦況だけでなく、内閣運営や同盟国との交渉、決断の重みまでを一続きの物語として読ませる。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Pimlico
- 発売日
- 2002-04-23
- ページ数
- 976ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 15.7 x 5.5 x 23.3 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780712667029
- ISBN-10
- 0712667024
- 価格
- 2813 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/History/Military/World War II
Churchill’s history of World War II is, and will remain, the definitive work. This is Churchill’s own abridgement of his original six-volume history.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) led Britain through WWII as Prime Minister. In his last years he was often described as “the greatest living Englishman.” He was knighted in 1953 and won the Nobel Prize for Literature the same year.
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A great writer and a great leader
Winston Churchill's faults as a peace time politician have been well documented. His failings as a human being have also been pointed out. He was, by many accounts, exasperating, tireless, a control freak and he had an ego. You will get whiffs of all of that as you read this, his own abridgement of his account of the second world war. But what you will also get is the chance to sit on the man's shoulder as he directs the war, anaylyses his enemies, struggles with his own staff and fights to negotiate with Roosevelt and Stalin. Ok, it's not a comprehensive account of every aspect of the second world war, it is partly biography and does contain Winston's side of the story, but his ability and talent as a writer is amazing. You see the war through his eyes and how lucky we are that he took the time and trouble to write it all down so comprehensively. The unique perspective he gives us, explains in many cases, why things worked out the way they did. This is great taster to Churchill's talents as a writer and historian.
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I love Churchills writing and after all he lived the things ...
I love Churchills writing and after all he lived the things he is writing about! The books were in excellent shape but one of the slipcases was split along the seam. This was not reported prior to my purchase!
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Ein großer Staatsmann.
Sir Winston Churchill's Analysen und Standpunkte während des 2. Weltkrieges, sind auch heute noch ohne Zweifel eine Zusammenhänge erhellende bedeutende Lektüre.
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OUTSTANDING!!! A MUST READ !!
THESE 6 VOLUME FOLIO EDITION HARDCOPIES OF CHURCHILL'S WW2 MEMOIRS ARRIVED TODAY 4.11.2020.. THEY WERE WELL WORTH WAITING FOR !!!! THEY ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND THE FONT SIZE IS BEAUTIFUL. AS WE ARE ALL IN A BIG LOCKDOWN FROM THURSDAY I MAY IMMERSE MYSELF IN THESE MEMOIRS OF A GREAT STATESMAN....MY THANKS AND COMPLIMENTS TO NICHE BOOKS..
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Insightful and life like
Albeit an abridged version, it tells the story with sufficient detail and ease of reading like that of a page-turner novel. A must read!
関連する文学賞
- ノーベル文学賞 第46回（1953年） ・Winner