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Churchill and Orwell : the fight for freedom, Thomas E. Ricks

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Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's -- Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time, Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. No one would have predicted that, by the end of the 20th century, they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and in deeds, against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right. It's not easy to recall now how lonely a position both men once occupied. By the late 1930's, democracy was discredited in many circles and authoritarian rulers were everywhere in the ascent. There were some who decried the scourge of communism, but saw in Hitler and Mussolini "men we could do business with," if not in fact saviors. And there were others who saw the Nazi and fascist threat as malign, but tended to view communism as the path to salvation. Churchill and Orwell, on the other hand, had the foresight to see clearly that the issue was human freedom -- that whatever its coloration, a government that denied its people basic freedoms was a totalitarian menace and had to be resisted. In the 1940's, both worked to triumph over freedom's enemies. Though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell's reckoning with the menace of authoritarian rule in Animal Farm and 1984 would define the stakes of the Cold War for its 50-year course, and continues to give inspiration to fighters for freedom to this day. Taken together, their lives are a testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it can take to stay true to it, through thick and thin
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • 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
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9781594206139
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Churchill and Orwell : the fight for freedom
Title
Churchill and Orwell
Title remainder
the fight for freedom
Statement of responsibility
Thomas E. Ricks
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Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's -- Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time, Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. No one would have predicted that, by the end of the 20th century, they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and in deeds, against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right. It's not easy to recall now how lonely a position both men once occupied. By the late 1930's, democracy was discredited in many circles and authoritarian rulers were everywhere in the ascent. There were some who decried the scourge of communism, but saw in Hitler and Mussolini "men we could do business with," if not in fact saviors. And there were others who saw the Nazi and fascist threat as malign, but tended to view communism as the path to salvation. Churchill and Orwell, on the other hand, had the foresight to see clearly that the issue was human freedom -- that whatever its coloration, a government that denied its people basic freedoms was a totalitarian menace and had to be resisted. In the 1940's, both worked to triumph over freedom's enemies. Though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell's reckoning with the menace of authoritarian rule in Animal Farm and 1984 would define the stakes of the Cold War for its 50-year course, and continues to give inspiration to fighters for freedom to this day. Taken together, their lives are a testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it can take to stay true to it, through thick and thin
Biography type
collective biography
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Ricks, Thomas E
Dewey number
  • 941.084092/2
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Churchill, Winston
  • Orwell, George
  • Orwell, George
  • Orwell, George
  • Churchill, Winston
  • Churchill, Winston
  • Orwell, George
  • Prime ministers
  • Authors, English
  • Great Britain
  • Fascism
  • Communism
  • World politics
  • Totalitarianism in literature
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Cold War
  • Spain
  • Political and social views
  • Politics and government
  • Authors, English
  • Communism
  • Fascism
  • Political and social views
  • Politics and government
  • Prime ministers
  • World politics
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
Label
Churchill and Orwell : the fight for freedom, Thomas E. Ricks
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-326) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
ocn959038732
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781594206139
Lccn
2016056757
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027171908
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Churchill and Orwell : the fight for freedom, Thomas E. Ricks
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-326) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
ocn959038732
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781594206139
Lccn
2016056757
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027171908
Other physical details
illustrations

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