Churchill and Orwell: the fight for freedom
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world. Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's...Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time, Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. No one would have predicted that by the end of the 20th century they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and in deeds, against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right. Together, to an extent not sufficiently appreciated, they kept the West's compass set toward freedom as its due north. It's not easy to recall now how lonely a position both men once occupied. By the late 1930's, democracy was discredited in many circles, and authoritarian rulers were everywhere in the ascent. There were some who decried the scourge of communism, but saw in Hitler and Mussolini 'men we could do business with,' if not in fact saviors. And there were others who saw the Nazi and fascist threat as malign, but tended to view communism as the path to salvation. Churchill and Orwell, on the other hand, had the foresight to see clearly that the issue was human freedom...that whatever its coloration, a government that denied its people basic freedoms was a totalitarian menace and had to be resisted. In the end, Churchill and Orwell proved their age's necessary men. The glorious climax of Churchill and Orwell is the work they both did in the decade of the 1940'sto triumph over freedom's enemies. And though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell's reckoning with the menace of authoritarian rule in Animal Farm and 1984 would define the stakes of the Cold War for its 50-year course, and continues to give inspiration to fighters for freedom to this day. Taken together, in Thomas E. Ricks's masterful hands, their lives are a beautiful testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it can take to stay true to it, through thick and thin"... |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 339 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits |
| ISBN: | 9780143110880 |
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| spelling | Ricks, Thomas E. 1955- (DE-588)1047596156 aut Churchill and Orwell the fight for freedom Thomas E. Ricks London ; New York Penguin Books 2018 339 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world. Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's...Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time, Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. No one would have predicted that by the end of the 20th century they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and in deeds, against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right. Together, to an extent not sufficiently appreciated, they kept the West's compass set toward freedom as its due north. It's not easy to recall now how lonely a position both men once occupied. By the late 1930's, democracy was discredited in many circles, and authoritarian rulers were everywhere in the ascent. There were some who decried the scourge of communism, but saw in Hitler and Mussolini 'men we could do business with,' if not in fact saviors. And there were others who saw the Nazi and fascist threat as malign, but tended to view communism as the path to salvation. Churchill and Orwell, on the other hand, had the foresight to see clearly that the issue was human freedom...that whatever its coloration, a government that denied its people basic freedoms was a totalitarian menace and had to be resisted. In the end, Churchill and Orwell proved their age's necessary men. The glorious climax of Churchill and Orwell is the work they both did in the decade of the 1940'sto triumph over freedom's enemies. And though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell's reckoning with the menace of authoritarian rule in Animal Farm and 1984 would define the stakes of the Cold War for its 50-year course, and continues to give inspiration to fighters for freedom to this day. Taken together, in Thomas E. Ricks's masterful hands, their lives are a beautiful testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it can take to stay true to it, through thick and thin"... Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 Orwell, George 1903-1950 Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 Political and social views Orwell, George 1903-1950 Political and social views Orwell, George 1903-1950 (DE-588)118590359 gnd rswk-swf Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 (DE-588)118520776 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1930-2016 gnd rswk-swf BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political / bisacsh HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary / bisacsh Faschismus Geschichte Kommunismus Politik Prime ministers Great Britain Biography Authors, English 20th century Biography Fascism History 20th century Communism History 20th century World politics 1933-1945 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Politisches Denken (DE-588)4115590-7 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien Great Britain Politics and government 1936-1945 (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 (DE-588)118520776 p Orwell, George 1903-1950 (DE-588)118590359 p Politisches Denken (DE-588)4115590-7 s Geschichte 1930-2016 z 1\p DE-604 Äquivalent Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 978-1-594-20613-9 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Ricks, Thomas E., author Churchill and Orwell New York : Penguin Press, 2017 978-0-698-16454-3 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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