TY - BOOK AU - Ricks,Thomas E. TI - Churchill and Orwell: the fight for freedom SN - 9781594206139 PY - 2017///] CY - New York, New York PB - Penguin Press KW - Churchill, Winston, KW - Orwell, George, KW - Prime ministers KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - Authors, English KW - 20th century KW - Fascism KW - History KW - Communism KW - World politics KW - 1933-1945 KW - Politics and government KW - 1936-1945 KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-326) and index; The two Winstons -- Churchill the adventurer -- Orwell the policeman -- Churchill : down and out in the 1930s -- Orwell becomes "Orwell" : Spain 1937 -- Churchill becomes "Churchill" : Spring 1940 -- Fighting the Germans, reaching out to the Americans : 1940- 1941 -- Churchill, Orwell, and the class war in Britain : 1941 -- Enter the Americans : 1941-1942 -- Grim visions of the postwar world : 1943 -- Animal Farm : 1943-1945 -- Churchill (and Britain) in decline and triumph : 1944-1945 -- Churchill's revenge : the war memoirs -- Orwell in triumph and decline : 1945-1950 -- Churchill's premature afterlife : 1950-1965 -- Orwell's extraordinary ascension : 1950-2016 -- Afterword: The path of Churchill and Orwell N2 - A "dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world"-- ER -