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Never Give In!: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
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by Winston S. Churchill
Sales Rank: 146219
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Cover Type: Paperback with 558 pages
Published by: Hyperion; Reprint edition November 10, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0786888709
ASIN: B000S6KEZW
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 1.5 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Who can forget the words "We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" They were uttered in 1940 by one of the 20th century's greatest orators, Winston Churchill, eager to spur on his countrymen in their fight against Nazi Germany. Now the great man's grandson has gathered Churchill's most memorable words, spanning more than half a century, in times of war and in times of peace. Part of Churchill's gift, his grandson writes, was his ability to address his radio listeners "not as unseen masses but as individuals-he envisioned his audience as a couple and their family gathered around their coal fire in the cottage-home." Churchill the editor introduces each speech with a bit of historical context and scene-setting. Any admirer of Churchill's will want to add this volume to their library.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Hardcover
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From Booklist
Here's an economical alternative to the eight-volume collection of Winston Churchill's public speeches published in 1974. This one-volume condensation of the great man's declamations, done by his namesake and descendant, arranges the oratory according to Churchill's career path: those delivered as a parvenu politician before World War I; as the singed scapegoat for the Dardanelles fiasco; as a government minister in the 1920s; while out of office in the 1930s, when his warnings of the Nazi menace went unheeded. This edition's focus is inevitably the defiant Churchill of 1940, promising naught but blood, toil, tears, and sweat; vowing never to surrender; and apostrophizing the few in the Battle of Britain. Although the editor pays homage to Churchill through his selections and commentary, he also makes sure to include unflattering, controversial speeches. The whole provides context for the Churchillian phrases most see only in excerpts. Gilbert Taylor
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Reader Reviews
This review is from: Never Give In: The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches (Hardcover)
Originally this book seemed to have high hopes. Churchill was simply the best, most eloquent moving speaker of the 20ths century. Anyone who has listened to his speeches on tape will agree that his metered tone, angry growl and twisting of words like Nazi into 'Nazziiii' will move you to tears and to want to follow him. This book is a compilation of his `greatest speeches'. Unfortunately the volume does not emphasize his BEST speeches, namely the ones he made from 1938-1941. The author, his grandson, should have spent more time introducing the really famous speeches and spent less time and space on the more marginal speeches which took place in 1942-44. Churchill has always been remembered for three things; Warning Britain of impending war in the 30s, rallying the country when all seemed lost in 1940 and finally for warning the world of communism in the `iron curtain' speech. Although these important speeches are in this book its not easy to find them and they are jumbled in with speeches that are easily forgettable. Its almost impossible to locate the `Never give in, never surrender' speech for which the book is named. Its even harder to locate the `fight on the beaches, fight in the hills' speech. Not quite as hard to find is the `finest hour' speech. Also hard to locate though is the `if a large part of our island should be occupied we shall retreat to our empire and our navy' portion of his famous 1940 speech. This essential line occurs in the end of a speech that is not introduced as being important, and yet this line was important in seeing Churchill's unending hatred and indomitable will to defeat Hitler, no matter the cost, a personality trait which probably saved western civilization from the Huns. An important book, a great reference and a good gift. Its downfall is that the author didn't want to add much commentary. He must have figured readers would find the important speeches and statements themselves. But to someone who enjoys Churchill but is not familiar with when exactly his famous speeches occurred it will be hard to find his best one liners.
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