{"product_id":"mirrors-of-greatness-churchill-and-the-leaders-who-shaped-him-hardcover","title":"Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"fresh, fast-paced, and bracing\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) new biography of Winston Churchill, revealing how his relationships with the other great figures of his age shaped his own triumphs and failures as a leader\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winston Churchill remains one of the most revered figures of the twentieth century, his name a byword for courageous leadership. But the Churchill we know today is a mixture of history and myth, authored by the man himself. In \u003ci\u003eMirrors of Greatness\u003c\/i\u003e, prizewinning historian David Reynolds reevaluates Churchill's life by viewing it through the eyes of his allies and adversaries, even his own family, revealing Churchill's lifelong struggle to overcome his political failures and his evolving grasp of what \"greatness\" truly entailed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through his dealings with Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain, we follow Churchill's triumphant campaign against Nazi Germany. But we also see a Churchill whose misjudgments of allies and rivals like Roosevelt, Stalin, Gandhi, and Clement Attlee blinded him to the British Empire's waning dominance on the world stage and to the rising popularity of a postimperial, socialist vision of Great Britain at home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Magisterial and incisive, \u003ci\u003eMirrors of Greatness\u003c\/i\u003e affords Churchill his due as a figure of world-historical importance and deepens our understanding of his legend by uncovering the ways his greatest contemporaries helped make him the man he was, for good and for ill.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e is emeritus professor of international history at Christ's College, Cambridge. A fellow of the British Academy, he is the author of thirteen books, including\u003ci\u003e In Command of History\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Wolfson Prize, \u003ci\u003eSummits\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIsland Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e America, Empire of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Cambridge, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 8.7 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752564130080,"sku":"9781541620209","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8f66b560ec186322e38d5195a8924d64.webp?v=1779998858","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mirrors-of-greatness-churchill-and-the-leaders-who-shaped-him-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}