The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
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作者 Boris Johnson 著
出版社 Orion
出版时间 2015-02
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上书时间 2024-08-30
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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.
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