Churchill and Orwell : the fight for freedom / Thomas E. Ricks.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, New York : Penguin Press, [2017]Description: 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781594206139
- 1594206139
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Political and social views
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Political and social views
- Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945
- Fascism -- History -- 20th century
- Communism -- History -- 20th century
- World politics -- 1933-1945
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 941.084 R539 | Available | 33111008610467 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A fascinating 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.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.