
Oblivion or Glory
1921 and the Making of Winston Churchill
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Gerard Doyle
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David Stafford
This is an engaging and original account of 1921, a pivotal year for Winston Churchill that had a lasting impact on his political and personal legacy.
After the tragic consequences of his involvement in the catastrophic Dardanelles Campaign of World War I, Churchill’s political career seemed over. He was widely regarded as little more than a bombastic and unpredictable buccaneer until, in 1921, an unexpected inheritance heralded a series of events that laid the foundations for his future success.
Renowned Churchill scholar David Stafford delves into the statesman’s life in 1921, the year in which his political career revived. From his political negotiations in the Anglo-Irish treaty that created the Irish Free State to his tumultuous relationship with his “wild cousin” Clare Sheridan, sculptor of Lenin and subject of an MI5 investigation, this broad account explores the nuances of both Churchill’s private and public lives. This is an engaging portrait of this overlooked yet pivotal year in the great man’s life.
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Fascinating - One Year in the Life of Winston Churchill
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very nice addition to Churchill library
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Churchill's life was extraordinary by any measure but primarily due to his time as England's Prime Minister during WWII. Stafford's 2019 "Oblivion or Glory" has a unique premise of looking at a single year in Winston Churchill's life: 1921. As the past is prologue, Stafford makes the case that the Churchill of 1939-45 could not have existed without the Churchill of 1921. In this fairly short mini-biopgraphy, Churchill comes into a major inheritance, helps negotiate the treaty that lead to the Irish Free State, found himself ensconced in Arab/Jewish political wrangling as the Balfour Declaration worked its way through to being accepted by the League of Nations, and played a role in the selection of Faisal (of T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) fame) being chosen as the first King of Iraq.
The man had a busy schedule, to say the least. Despite this, Stafford does a wonderful job of helping the reader examine the moments in between these bigger we look at Churchill's private life, including his search for a home and his embrace of painting as a pastime. The narrative never falters, and even the most pedestrian moments in Churchill's 1921 remain interesting in Stafford's hands.
A brief and engaging whirlwind look at a single year of a whirlwind life.
Whirlwind year in a whirlwind life.
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This is the most disappointing book I have ever read.
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