Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom
The 1930s gave rise to totalitarianism in Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's Nazi Germany. Both threatened democracies like Great Britain. Thrust into the forefront of an apocalyptic moment in history, British political leader Winston Churchill and writer George Orwell responded…
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, 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 …
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, 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 …
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, …
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, 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 …
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks, 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 c…
Describes the values, strategic thinking, and leadership qualities of military leaders from World War II to the present day and how the widening separation between performance and accountability has not resulted in any recent Marshalls, Eisenhowers, or Pattons.
Meget kritisk bog om de øverste chefers føring og ledelse af USAs væbnede styrker under de krige, som USA har været involveret i siden afslutningen af 2. Verdenskrig. Den 2. Verdenskrigs øverste chefer Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton og Bradley blev rollemodeller for, hvorledes eff…
An epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq.
"An epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq."--Source inconnue.
An epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq.
An epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq. History has been kinder to the American generals of World War II - Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley - than to the generals of the wars that followed. Is it merely nostalgia? Thoma…