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Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's -- Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time, Churchill was a politician on t...

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Main Author: Ricks, Thomas E. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Orwell, George, > 1903-1950.
Orwell, George, > 1903-1950. > Animal farm.
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1936-1945.
Fascism > History > 20th century.
Communism > History > 20th century.
World politics > 1933-1945.
Totalitarianism in literature.
World War, 1939-1945.
Cold War.
Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • The two Winstons
  • Churchill the adventurer
  • Orwell the policeman
  • Churchill: Down and out in the 1930s
  • Orwell becomes "Orwell": Spain 1937
  • Churchill becomes "Churchill": Spring 1940
  • Fighting the Germans, reaching out to the Americans: 1940- 1941
  • Churchill, Orwell, and the class war in Britain: 1941
  • Enter the Americans: 1941-1942
  • Grim visions of the postwar world: 1943
  • Animal Farm: 1943-1945
  • Churchill (and Britain) in decline and triumph: 1944-1945
  • Churchill's revenge: The war memoirs
  • Orwell in triumph and decline: 1945-1950
  • Churchill's premature afterlife: 1950-1965
  • Orwell's extraordinary ascension: 1950-2016
  • Afterword: The path of Churchill and Orwell.

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