The Great Republic af Winston Churchill (Bog)

THE GREAT REPUBLIC is Sir Winston Churchill's personal vision of American history, from the arrival of the first European settlers to the dawn of the Cold War, edited by his grandson, the historian and journalist Winston S. Churchill. A magnificent re-telling of the American story, the volume testifies to Churchill's skills as a historian and his deep warmth of feeling for America - the Great Republic, as he called it - and its people. THE GREAT REPUBLIC lays out America's history, character and destiny with the brilliance that could only come from an author with Churchill's gifts as a narrative historian and experience as a national leader and strategist.
Titel: The Great Republic
Forfatter: Winston Churchill
Udgave: Modern Library edition
Genre: historie_samfund
Forlag: Modern Library
Udgivelsesår: 1998
Sammendrag: Sir Winston Churchills The Great Republic består i høj grad af en samlet fortælling om USA's historie, redigeret og introduceret af hans barnebarn Winston S. Churchill. Bogen sammenfatter Churchills refleksioner over Amerikas politiske udvikling, nationale identitet og historiske skæbne og præsenterer dem i én samlet og tilgængelig udgave.
Type: Hardcover
The Great Republic er Sir Winston Churchills samlede fremstilling af USA's historie. Værket bygger på hans større historiske arbejde "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples" og samler hans essays og taler om USA i én samlet udgave. Bogen giver et bredt overblik over USA’s udvikling fra kolonitiden til det 20. århundrede med fokus på politiske institutioner, nationale værdier og centrale historiske begivenheder.