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Zusatztext "Churchill was a word-spinner of genius. . . . A splendid anthology." - The Sunday Telegraph (London) Informationen zum Autor Sir David Cannadine is Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, Visiting Professor at Oxford University and the editor of the National Dictionary of Biography . His major works include The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy , Ornamentalism , Class in Britain and Mellon: An American Life . He is the general editor of two major series: The Penguin History of Britain and The Penguin History of Europe . At the Summit of the World? is his volume in the former series. Klappentext The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business as usual', 'the few', and 'summit meeting' passed quickly into everyday use - Winston Churchill used language as his most powerful weapon at a time when his most frequent complaint was that the armoury was otherwise empty. In this volume, David Cannadine selects thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Churchill gradually hones his rhetoric until the day when, with spectacular effect, 'he mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle' (Edward R. Murrow). Zusammenfassung The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business as usual', 'the few', and 'summit meeting' passed quickly into everyday use - Winston Churchill used language as his most powerful weapon at a time when his most frequent complaint was that the armoury was otherwise empty. In this volume, David Cannadine selects thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Churchill gradually hones his rhetoric until the day when, with spectacular effect, 'he mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle' (Edward R. Murrow).
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"Churchill was a word-spinner of genius. . . . A splendid anthology."
-The Sunday Telegraph (London)
