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How Winston Churchill Changed the World

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نویسندگان: Michael Shelden  
سری: The Great Courses 
 
ناشر: The Teaching Company 
سال نشر: 2018-10 
تعداد صفحات: 177 
زبان: English 
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Few individuals personify the tumultuous story of the 20th century more than Winston Churchill. Great Britain’s most celebrated statesman, Churchill didn’t just live history—he made it. His was a fascinating journey that would take him from the dawn of the Edwardian Age to the dawn of Beatlemania; from the days when the British Empire ruled the seas to its twilight as the preeminent global power; and from the chaos of two world wars to the equally fraught tensions of the Cold War era. To follow Churchill on his epic course as a politician is to experience, on an intimate scale, the dramatic highs and lows of world history. It’s also a chance to honor the concepts of democracy and liberty he held so dear. Churchill’s life offers a stirring reminder of how, in times when freedom is threatened, people can still stand up to defend it. Even still, too many biographies of Churchill are hagiographic, choosing to gloss over the many equally intriguing complexities of a man who both shaped and was shaped by the world around him. Just as important as Churchill’s championing of freedom were his moments of weakness, his political failures, and his personal struggles. Taken together, they all offer an invaluable context to both Churchill the man and Churchill the legend. “Churchill rose to the occasion because that’s what great leaders do,” notes preeminent biographer, Professor Michael Shelden of Indiana State University. “That’s why his life will always be worth our attention. Whatever our political persuasion, we can learn from him.” In How Winston Churchill Changed the World, enjoy a thorough, multifaceted exploration of Churchill’s life, accomplishments, complexities, and legacies. Over the span of 24 lectures that unfurl like a great story, you will delve into Churchill’s military leadership during World War I and World War II; his personal relationships with family and friends; his abiding passion for history, literature, and public speaking; and his political relationships with historical giants like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Queen Elizabeth II. With Professor Shelden as your authoritative guide, you’ll embark on an unforgettable adventure through the 20th century in the footsteps of the one man who helped not just Great Britain but all of humanity prevail during violent, dangerous times. The Life and Times of a Master Statesman Professor Shelden provides a biographer’s keen insights into Churchill and uses this course to help you arrive at an amazing conclusion: No matter how much you reveal about the man, Churchill in every way lives up to his legend. How Winston Churchill Changed the World guides you chronologically through the life and times of this master statesman, taking you from the dawn of his political career to his final years in a much-changed geopolitical landscape. The Early Years: Follow Churchill from his beginnings in the early 1900s as a young liberal statesman, his rise to the Admiralty in 1914 and his relentless push for an imposing naval force, and some of his disastrous miscalculations during World War I. The Second World War: Discover why, more than any other British politician, Churchill denounced the rise of Adolf Hitler and why, after the breakout of war, he led the fight against the Nazis and refused to make peace with Hitler even when it seemed most prudent. A Postwar Britain: Examine Churchill’s equally dramatic postwar career, when he was voted out of office and caught up in a time of political, social, and economic crisis, as well as two different cold wars—one with the Soviets and one with Britain’s Labour party. As you tour the 20th century from Churchill’s perspective, you’ll get fascinating insights into his accomplishments and triumphs, including: His diplomatic maneuverings with allies and foes; His iconic public speeches (including his celebrated “Finest Hour” speech, which draws on lines from an Andrew Marvell poem); His investment in Britain’s military (including his early championing of tanks and seaplanes); and His early realizations of the dangers of both Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia. Learning from Failure Central to all 24 lectures of How Winston Churchill Changed the World is the profound sense of history that was so important to Churchill’s philosophy as a politician and a leader. As Professor Shelden puts it, “Knowing what happened—and where it happened—was not trivia for Churchill. It was part of the process of knowing your place in time, of understanding how what you do today will affect tomorrow and how it will measure up to events of yesterday.” These lectures offer a more contextualized perspective on Churchill’s life and career with an appreciation of this kind of historical knowledge. As a result, Professor Shelden doesn’t shy away from examining Churchill’s failures and how, on occasion, his preference for the backward glance of history distorted his view of the future, leading to missteps and disasters, including his failure to understand the rise of independence movements in the British colonies, his underestimation of Japan’s strength in the Pacific Theater, and his controversial World War II bombing campaigns in German cities like Dresden. Both “Great Man” and “Everyman” One of Professor Shelden’s skills in these lectures, aside from his incomparable scholarship, is his ability to make Churchill feel both bigger than life and entirely relatable, both a “great man” and “everyman.” A celebrated biographer, Professor Shelden is the author of Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill, as well as several other biographies of writers like George Orwell and Mark Twain. His literary background makes him the perfect biographer of Churchill, who himself was a celebrated and respected writer who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. “It’s not too bold a thing to say that it was Churchill who admirably filled the post of poet laureate without any official reason to do so,” says Professor Shelden, “taking his prose to poetic heights in his best speeches, and moving his audiences in the way that great verse often does.” Poet, historian, statesman, soldier, prime minister, husband—Winston Churchill played many roles throughout his life. And How Winston Churchill Changed the World brings all these varied roles together to create a fascinating, multilayered biography. By the end of the final lecture, you’ll discover that Churchill’s most enduring legacy is anchored in something deeply personal and timeless: his individual stance as a champion of freedom when the world was at a tipping point between darkness and light, and as someone whose voice and courage helped to shift the balance toward the light.

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Professor's Biography......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Course Scope......Page 7
Churchill’s Love for History......Page 8
Looking Back......Page 10
Churchill’s Parents......Page 14
After Sandhurst......Page 16
The Boer War......Page 17
Return to England......Page 18
Churchill’s Political Feuds......Page 21
Breaking with the Conservatives......Page 22
Problems......Page 24
Violet Asquith......Page 26
4 — Churchill’s Rise to the Admiralty......Page 28
Raising Churchill......Page 29
Churchill in the Admiralty......Page 30
Churchill’s Leadership Style......Page 31
Churchill in the Air......Page 32
The Spread of World War I......Page 34
Debates......Page 36
Mid-War Actions......Page 37
Naval Movements......Page 38
Churchill Takes the Blame......Page 39
Churchill After the Fall......Page 41
The Battle of the Somme......Page 42
The Tank......Page 43
After the War......Page 45
The Colonial Office......Page 46
Personal Setbacks......Page 48
Churchill’s Writing......Page 49
Quiz for Lectures 1-6......Page 51
Becoming Chancellor......Page 52
Churchill’s Lifestyle......Page 54
Churchill as Chancellor......Page 55
New Wealth......Page 56
The General Strike......Page 57
My Early Life......Page 58
Churchill’s Warnings......Page 60
Oswald Mosley......Page 62
Mussolini and Stalin......Page 63
Churchill’s Image......Page 64
Churchill in the 1930s......Page 66
Great Contemporaries......Page 67
Churchill on Mein Kampf......Page 69
Air Superiority......Page 71
The Seaplane......Page 72
Churchill Challenges Hitler......Page 73
Royal Intrigue......Page 74
The Spanish Civil War......Page 75
Hitler in the Late 1930s......Page 77
Hitler and Chamberlain......Page 78
Dissidents......Page 81
Movement toward War......Page 83
Blitzkrieg in Poland......Page 84
Churchill and Chamberlain’s Early Maneuvers......Page 85
Hitler and France......Page 86
Churchill’s Changing Fortunes......Page 87
Quiz for Lectures 7-12......Page 90
Dunkirk......Page 91
Adolph Hitler’s Reach......Page 92
The War Cabinet......Page 93
Lord Halifax Argues for Peace......Page 94
After May 27......Page 95
Standing against Hitler......Page 96
The Blitz......Page 98
The Tide Turns......Page 100
Changing Tactics......Page 101
Churchill’s Weapon......Page 102
A Deadly Game......Page 103
The Mediterranean and Egypt......Page 104
The Atlantic......Page 105
A Speech by Churchill......Page 106
The Tide Shifts......Page 107
The Eastern Turning Point......Page 108
The Western Turning Point......Page 109
Preparation......Page 111
Meeting Churchill......Page 113
Meeting in America......Page 114
Later Events......Page 115
Turning to the Soviets......Page 117
Earlier Communication......Page 118
Two Tense Meetings......Page 119
The Final Meetings......Page 120
Churchill’s Goals......Page 121
18 — Debating Churchill’s Wartime Leadership......Page 123
Criticism of Churchill: The D-Day Invasion......Page 124
Criticism of Churchill: The Mediterranean......Page 125
Criticism of Churchill: Acting on Intelligence......Page 126
The Holocaust......Page 127
Quiz for Lectures 13-18......Page 129
Churchill’s Strategy......Page 130
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin......Page 132
Operation Overlord......Page 133
Flying Bombs......Page 134
Casualties Abroad......Page 135
Yalta......Page 136
Outcome of the War......Page 138
The Election of 1945......Page 140
Churchill in Retirement......Page 141
Churchill in Defeat......Page 144
Churchill’s Problem......Page 145
Churchill’s Disappointment......Page 146
Stalin and Churchill......Page 147
Tests......Page 148
The Postwar Picture......Page 150
Powering Down......Page 151
The Fallout......Page 152
Churchill and the House of Commons......Page 153
1947 to 1951......Page 154
Churchill’s Victory......Page 156
Churchill Back in Power......Page 157
The Death of King George VI......Page 158
Economic Trouble......Page 160
Churchill’s Declining Health......Page 161
Churchill, Hitler, and Cards......Page 163
Churchill’s Death......Page 165
Churchill’s Noblest Ambition......Page 166
Quiz for Lectures 19-24......Page 168
Bibliography......Page 169
Lectures 1-6......Page 173
Lectures 13-18......Page 174
Lectures 19-24......Page 175
Image Credits......Page 176

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