Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, Paperback

Descriere

The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business as usual', 'the few', and 'summit meeting' passed quickly into everyday use - Winston Churchill used language as his most powerful weapon at a time when his most frequent complaint was that the armoury was otherwise empty. In this volume, David Cannadine selects thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Churchill gradually hones his rhetoric until the day when, with spectacular effect, 'he mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle' (Edward R. Murrow).

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Winston Churchill

politician și scriitor britanic (1874-1965)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill a fost un om de stat, ofițer și scriitor britanic, care a ocupat funcția de prim-ministru al Regatului Unit între 1940 și 1945, în timpul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial, și din nou între 1951 și 1955.