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100 1 $aJohnson, Boris,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Churchill factor :$bhow one man made history /$cBoris Johnson.
264 1 $aLondon :$bHodder & Stoughton,$c2015.
300 $a421 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c20 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference.' Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor"--The singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays - with characteristic wit and passion-a man of multiple contradictions, contagious bravery, breath-taking eloquence, matchless strategizing, and deep humanity. Fearless on the battlefield, Churchill had to be ordered by the King to stay out of action on D-Day; he pioneered aerial bombing, yet hated the destruction of war and scorned politicians who had not experienced its horrors. He was a celebrated journalist, a great orator and won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was famous for his ability to combine wining and dining with many late nights of crucial wartime decision-making. His open-mindedness made him a pioneer in health care, education, and social welfare, though he remained incorrigibly politically incorrect. Most of all, as Boris Johnson says, 'Churchill is the resounding human rebuttal to all who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces'. THE CHURCHILL FACTOR is a book to be enjoyed not only by anyone interested in history: it is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what makes a great leader."
505 0 $aIntroduction : A dog called Churchill -- The offer from Hitler -- The non-Churchill universe -- Rogue elephant -- The Randolph factor -- No act too daring or too noble -- The great dictator -- He mobilised the English language -- A roper human heart -- My darling Clementine -- The making of John Bull -- :The most advanced politician of his age" -- No glory in slaughter -- The ships that walked -- The 100-horsepower mental engine -- Playing roulette with history -- An icy ruthlessness -- The wooing of America -- The giant of the shrunken land -- the Cold War and how he won it -- Churchill and the European -- Maker of the modern Middle East -- The meaning of his name today = -- the Churchill factor
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