Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat: The Speeches of Winston Churchill

1st Edition / 1st Printing (Houghton Mifflin - 1989). Gently read if at all. No marks. No wear. LIKE NEW in like new dust jacket. DJ in protective mylar. . . . . A collection of thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Winston Churchill gradually honed his rhetoric. . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART ONE: Mastering his voice, 1900-1917: 1.) The maiden speech -- 2.) The Transvaal constitution -- 3.) Haranguing the hustings -- 4.) The Navy's task -- 5.) The Dardanelles scapegoat -- 6.) A disastrous proposal ------- PART TWO: Scorning and warning, 1917-1939: 7.) The Bolshevik menace -- 8.) A budget broadcast -- 9.) The Indian threat -- 10.) Britain's air defences -- 11.) The failure to re-arm -- 12.) Munich ------- PART THREE: Mobilizing the English language, 1940: 13.) The new administration -- 14.) The impending ordeal -- 15.) Dunkirk -- 16.) Alone -- 17.) The Battle of Britain -- 18.) On the death of Neville Chamberlain ------- PART FOUR: Waging the war of words, 1941-1945: 19.) Appeal to America -- 20.) A difficult time -- 21.) The widening conflict -- 22.) A no-confidence motion repulsed -- 23.) On the death of Lloyd George -- 24.) On the death of Franklin Roosevelt -- 25.) Victory in Europe ------- PART FIVE: Speaking with different tongues, 1945-1955: 26.) Electioneering once more -- 27.) Final review of the War -- 28.) The Soviet danger -- 29.) 5.) European unity -- 30.) Tribute to George VI -- 31.) Debate on the address -- 32.) Eightieth birthday -- 33.) Swan song

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ISBN: 0395517443

ISBN-13: 9780395517444

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Year: 1989

Type: New

Binding: Hardcover

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