Winston Churchill

The River War is Winston S. Churchill's detailed account of Britain's military campaign against the Mahdist forces in Sudan (1896-1899). Combining firsthand observations with historical analysis, Churchill explores the politics, strategy, and brutal realities of colonial warfare as British and Egyptian forces, led by General Kitchener, seek to reclaim Sudan. With vivid descriptions of battles, including the pivotal Battle of Omdurman, and reflections on imperialism, this work remains a compelling study of 19th-century military conflict and geopolitics.

Ser Uinston Leonard Spenser Cherchill (1874-1965) - odin iz samykh kharizmatichnykh i protivorechivykh politicheskikh dejatelej XX veka, laureat Nobelevskoj premii, dvazhdy premer-ministr Velikobritanii, pisatel i zhurnalist. Ego pomnjat kak neprevzojdennogo oratora, kotoryj vdokhnovil britantsev na borbu s natsistskoj Germaniej v gody Vtoroj mirovoj vojny. Richard Lengvort, mnogoletnij rukovoditel Cherchillevskogo tsentra i glavnyj redaktor ezhekvartalnogo izdanija Finest Hour, bolee 20 let posvjatil izucheniju pismennykh i ustnykh vyskazyvanij Uinstona Cherchillja. V etom avtoritetnom tome predstavlen rezultat ego truda - tematicheski i khronologicheski uporjadochennoe, annotirovannoe sobranie vyskazyvanij na raznoobraznye temy, pozvoljajuschee poluchit podlinnoe predstavlenie o Cherchille na osnove ego sobstvennykh slov. Takzhe vydeljaetsja rjad tsitat, kotorye oshibochno pripisyvajut Cherchillju. Razmyshlenija o mirovykh liderakh, takikh kak Ruzvelt, de Goll i Stalin, o Tretem rejkhe, o vneshnej i vnutrennej politike, oratorskie nakhodki v zale palaty obschin, filosofskie izrechenija, obschenie v semejnom krugu - kak svidetelstvuet ofitsialnyj biograf Cherchillja Martin Gilbert, "net takoj sfery zhizni i mysli, o kotoroj Uinstonu Cherchillju nechego bylo by skazat". Osobuju tsennost izdaniju pridaet to, chto kazhdaja tsitata snabzhena ukazaniem na istochnik. Intellekt, ostroumie, mnogogrannost, dar providenija i legendarnaja mudrost - kljuchevye kharakteristiki cherchillevskogo kulturnogonasledija. "U etoj knigi prostoe naznachenie: predlozhit chitatelju samoe polnoe sobranie kogda-libo opublikovannykh tsitat, ekspromtov, aforizmov, pogovorok i razmyshlenij Uinstona Cherchillja - s ukazaniem istochnikov, kommentarijami i perekrestnymi ssylkami. Ispolzuja znamenituju frazu Tomasa Dzheffersona, mozhno skazat, chto v etom sbornike soderzhitsja vse, skazannoe Cherchillem o zhizni, svobode i stremlenii k schastju". (Richard Lengvort)

V etu knigu voshli ne tolko shiroko izvestnye izrechenija Uinstona Cherchillja, no i ego nebolshie filosofskie pritchi, a takzhe polnaja sarkazma polemika s politicheskimi dejateljami ego vremeni. Bolshoj interes dlja chitatelej predstavljaet razdel, gde sobrany aforizmy, pripisyvaemye Cherchillju, - kak, naprimer, perekhodjaschaja iz ust v usta znamenitaja fraza "...demokratija - khudshaja forma pravlenija, esli ne schitat vsekh ostalnykh, k kotorym do sikh por pribegalo chelovechestvo".

A Modern Chronicle Book I follows a young woman navigating the complexities of ambition, identity, and societal expectations. Born abroad and raised after the tragic death of her parents, she grows up aware of her striking beauty and desires a life filled with excitement, much like her parent, a former diplomat. Raised by guardians, she is taught to uphold social propriety and respectability. However, as she matures, the young woman becomes increasingly conflicted between her aspirations for greatness and the constraints placed on her by society and family. Her relationships further amplify her struggle as she wrestles with the obligations tied to wealth, family, and social status. As she attempts to carve her own path, she is forced to confront the limitations of her upbringing and the shifting dynamics of the world around her. The narrative explores the tension between personal ambition and societal pressures, shedding light on the challenges faced by individuals seeking fulfillment and independence in a rapidly changing world. The plot weaves these elements into a compelling exploration of self-realization and the cost of personal growth.

A Modern Chronicle Book III follows a young woman navigating the complexities of ambition, identity, and societal expectations. Born abroad and raised after the tragic death of her parents, she grows up aware of her striking beauty and desires a life filled with excitement, much like her parent, a former diplomat. Raised by guardians, she is taught to uphold social propriety and respectability. However, as she matures, the young woman becomes increasingly conflicted between her aspirations for greatness and the constraints placed on her by society and family. Her relationships further amplify her struggle as she wrestles with the obligations tied to wealth, family, and social status. As she attempts to carve her own path, she is forced to confront the limitations of her upbringing and the shifting dynamics of the world around her. The narrative explores the tension between personal ambition and societal pressures, shedding light on the challenges faced by individuals seeking fulfillment and independence in a rapidly changing world. The plot weaves these elements into a compelling exploration of self-realization and the cost of personal growth.

A Modern Chronicle Book II follows a young woman navigating the complexities of ambition, identity, and societal expectations. Born abroad and raised after the tragic death of her parents, she grows up aware of her striking beauty and desires a life filled with excitement, much like her parent, a former diplomat. Raised by guardians, she is taught to uphold social propriety and respectability. However, as she matures, the young woman becomes increasingly conflicted between her aspirations for greatness and the constraints placed on her by society and family. Her relationships further amplify her struggle as she wrestles with the obligations tied to wealth, family, and social status. As she attempts to carve her own path, she is forced to confront the limitations of her upbringing and the shifting dynamics of the world around her. The narrative explores the tension between personal ambition and societal pressures, shedding light on the challenges faced by individuals seeking fulfillment and independence in a rapidly changing world. The plot weaves these elements into a compelling exploration of self-realization and the cost of personal growth.

Komplekt iz dvukh izdanij, vkljuchajuschikh v sebja chetyre toma "Istorii anglojazychnykh narodov" U. Cherchillja. Pervyj tom posvjaschen rannej istorii Britanii. Nachav s dorimskogo perioda, avtor posledovatelno vedet nas skvoz vse volny inozemnykh zavoevanij (keltskuju, rimskuju, saksonskuju, datskuju, normandskuju) k momentu pojavlenija gosudarstva, kotoroe stalo vazhnym uchastnikom voenno-politicheskikh raskladov na kontinente. Perezhiv krushenie svoikh imperskikh ambitsij, Britanija obrushivaetsja v ogon grazhdanskoj vojny. Vtoroj tom rasskazyvaet ob epokhe absoljutizma. Istorija Anglijskogo korolevstva XVI-XVII vekov v period pravlenija dinastij Tjudorov i Stjuartov predstavlena avtorom kak borba strastej i ambitsij geroicheskikh personazhej raznykh soslovij i veroispovedanij, takikh kak Genrikh VIII, Oliver Kromvel, Elizaveta I i Marija Stjuart, graf Stafford, gertsog Malboro i dr. V ispytanijakh naroda v grazhdanskikh vojnakh, v beskompromissnoj borbe monarkhov i parlamentov formirovalas unikalnaja osnova dlja vozniknovenija obshirnogo anglosaksonskogo mira v Novoe i Novejshee vremja - tsentralizovannoe gosudarstvo i samostojatelnaja anglikanskaja tserkov. Tretij tom okhvatyvaet period ot 1688 do 1815 goda, otmechennyj borboj s Frantsiej za gegemoniju v Evrope i mire, borboj, iz kotoroj Velikobritanija, nesmotrja na dramaticheskij razryv so svoimi severoamerikanskimi kolonijami, vyshla pobeditelnitsej i prevratilas v silnejshuju mirovuju derzhavu. Vnutrennjaja politika strany v eto vremja kharakterizuetsja ozhestochennoj partijnoj borboj, v kotoroj razvivalis i ukrepljalis osnovy konstitutsionnoj monarkhii. Osobennyj interes predstavljaet otsenka avtorom takikh vydajuschikhsja dejatelej epokhi, kak Vilgelm Oranskij, gertsog Malboro, Robert Uolpol, Uiljam Pitt-starshij, Uiljam Pitt-mladshij, Dzhordzh Vashington i Tomas Dzhefferson. Chetvertyj tom posvjaschen stanovleniju zapadnoj demokratii i borbe za otmenu rabstva v Soedinennykh Shtatakh. Cherchill podrobno rasskazyvaet o razrastajuschikhsja "ochagakh" anglojazychnykh narodov v Novoj Zelandii, Avstralii, Juzhnoj Afrike, Kanade. Osobyj interes predstavljaet otsenka takikh vydajuschikhsja dejatelej epokhi, kak Gladston i Dizraeli, Grant i Linkoln, Napoleon III i koroleva Viktorija, a takzhe istoricheskikh sobytij, takikh kak Krymskaja vojna, Grazhdanskaja vojna v Soedinennykh Shtatakh Ameriki i Anglo-burskaja vojna. Knigi prednaznachena vsem, kto interesuetsja istoriej Velikobritanii i v tselom evropejskoj istoriej, a takzhe spetsialistam-istorikam i studentam.

Tolstjak s vechnoj sigaroj i paltsami, slozhennymi v znak V, esli ruka ne zanjata fuzherom s konjakom. Predstavljat etogo cheloveka ne nuzhno, sami anglichane nazvali sera Uinstona Cherchillja naibolee izvestnym britantsem vsekh vremen. Odnako mnogoe v obraze Cherchillja i ego reputatsii pridumano i podderzhivalos im samim. Tak chto za lichnost na samom dele Uinston Leonard Spenser Cherchill, dvazhdy premer-ministr Velikobritanii, uchastnik trekh samykh znamenitykh konferentsij - Jaltinskoj, Tegeranskoj i Potsdamskoj, na kotorykh reshalis sudby mira? Rechi Cherchillja ne vsegda ogranichivalis sereznoj politicheskoj ritorikoj, a ego shutki i edkie kommentarii pokazyvajut ostroumie i otlichnoe chuvstvo jumora. Eta kniga javljaetsja naibolee polnym sobraniem vyskazyvanij velikogo politika. Krome togo, tsitaty, mysli i aforizmy Cherchillja snabzheny istoricheskimi kommentarijami.