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Author:

Ricks, Thomas E., author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

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.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-326) and index.

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 oremature afterlife : 1950-1965 -- Orwell's extraordinary ascension : 1950-2016 -- Afterword: The path of Churchill and Orwell.

ISBN:

1594206139
9781594206139

OCLC:

(OCoLC)959038732

LCCN:

2016056757

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