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In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War

In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War Trade paperback - 2007

by Reynolds, David

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New York: Basic Books, 2007. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. 1st printing. An exceptional copy. 2007 Trade Paperback. 672 pp. Winston Churchill fought the World War II twice over-first as Prime Minister during the war, and then later as the war's premier historian. From 1948-54, he published six volumes of memoirs. They secured his reputation and shaped our understanding of the conflict to this day. Drawing on the drafts of Churchill's manuscript as well as his correspondence from the period, David Reynolds masterfully reveals Churchill the author. Reynolds shows how the memoirs were censored by the British government to conceal state secrets, and how Churchill himself censored them to avoid offending current world leaders. This book illuminates an unjustly neglected period of Churchill's life-the Second Wilderness Years of 1945-51, when Churchill wrote himself into history, politicked himself back into the prime-ministership, and delivered some of the most important speeches of his career.
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  • Title In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War
  • Author Reynolds, David
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 672
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2337390
  • ISBN 9780465003303 / 0465003303
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 6.24 x 1.78 in (23.22 x 15.85 x 4.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Churchill, Winston, World War, 1939-1945 - Historiography
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.53

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David Reynolds is professor of international history at Christ's College, Cambridge. A fellow of the British Academy, he is the multiple prizewinning author of eleven books, including the highly acclaimed America, Empire of Liberty. Many of his history films for the BBC are now available on Netflix.

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