The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History

图书标准信息

• 作者 Boris Johnson 著
• 出版社 Orion
• 出版时间 2015-02
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781444783056
• 定价 112.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 416页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

'Themust-readbiographyoftheyear.'EveningStandard'Hewriteswithgusto...theresultisabookthatisneverboring,genuinelyclever...thisbooksizzles.'TheTimes'ThepointoftheChurchillFactoristhatonemancanmakeallthedifference.'OntheeveofthefiftiethanniversaryofWinstonChurchill'sdeath,andwritteninconjunctionwiththeChurchillEstate,BorisJohnsonexploreswhatmakesupthe'ChurchillFactor'-thesingularbrillianceofoneofthemostimportantleadersofthetwentiethcentury.Takingonthemythsandmisconceptionsalongwiththeoutsizedreality,heportrays-withcharacteristicwitandpassion-amanofmultiplecontradictions,contagiousbravery,breath-takingeloquence,matchlessstrategizing,anddeephumanity.Fearlessonthebattlefield,ChurchillhadtobeorderedbytheKingtostayoutofactiononD-Day;heembracedlarge-scalestrategicbombing,yethatedthedestructionofwarandscornedpoliticianswhohadnotexperienceditshorrors.Hewasacelebratedjournalist,agreatoratorandwontheNobelPrizeforLiterature.Hewasfamousforhisabilitytocombinewininganddiningwithmanylatenightsofcrucialwartimedecision-making.Hisopen-mindednessmadehimapioneerinhealthcare,education,andsocialwelfare,thoughheremainedincorrigiblypoliticallyincorrect.Mostofall,asBorisJohnsonsays,'Churchillistheresoundinghumanrebuttaltoallwhothinkhistoryisthestoryofvastandimpersonaleconomicforces'.TheChurchillFactorisabooktobeenjoyednotonlybyanyoneinterestedinhistory:itisessentialreadingforanyonewhowantstoknowwhatmakesagreatleader.

【作者简介】

Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London in May 2008. Before this he was the Editor of the Spectator, Member of Parliament for Henley on Thames, Shadow Minister for the Arts and Shadow Minister for Higher Education. He is the author of many books, notablyJohnson's Life of London(re-issued asThe Spirit of London),Have I Got Views for YouandDream of Rome.