Черчилль. Биография

"Cherchillʹ" Martina Gilberta predstavli͡aet soboĭ ne tolʹko chrezvychaĭno t͡sennyĭ istoricheskiĭ trud, no i uvlekatelʹnoe povestvovanie. Pered nami prokhodit vsi͡a zhiznʹ Uinstona Cherchilli͡a s samogo rannego detstva: borʹba i neudachi, momenty naivysshego triumfa i gorʹkikh porazheniĭ, volnenii͡a ego chastnoĭ zhizni, neobychaĭnye sposobnosti oratora, politika i dazhe providt͡sa, proi͡avli͡avshiesi͡a na proti͡azhenii vseĭ ego karʹery kak v mirnye, tak i v voennye gody.<br><br>Martin Gilbert sozdaet zhivoĭ portret, opirai͡asʹ na lichnui͡u perepisku Cherchilli͡a iz semeĭnogo arkhiva, vospominanii͡a sovremennikov - sotrudnikov, druzeĭ i protivnikov. Chitateli͡u otkryvaetsi͡a podopleka grandioznykh politicheskikh sobytiĭ KhKh veka - ėpokhi, otmechennoĭ dvumi͡a mirovymi voĭnami i zavershivsheĭsi͡a kholodnoĭ voĭnoĭ i i͡adernym protivostoi͡aniem velikikh derzhav.<br><br>"Moi͡a t͡selʹ - predstavitʹ na ėtikh stranit͡sakh polnui͡u i zakonchennui͡u kartinu politicheskoĭ i chastnoĭ zhizni Cherchilli͡a. Ego karʹera i͡avli͡aetsi͡a temoĭ beschislennogo kolichestva knig i stateĭ, v kotorykh ego poroĭ sudi͡at svysoka, a to i rezko. I͡A nameren<br>datʹ sbalansirovannui͡u ot͡senku, osnovannui͡u na ego realʹnykh mysli͡akh, postupkakh, dostizhenii͡akh, ubezhdenii͡akh i oprovergai͡ushchui͡u mnogie sushchestvui͡ushchie nedorazumenii͡a.<br>Ogromnyĭ massiv sokhranivshikhsi͡a prizhiznennykh materialov pozvolil mne predlozhitʹ chitateli͡u prakticheski polnoe sobranie faktov o zhizni Cherchilli͡a, vosproizvesti pochti kazhdyĭ ėpizod, k kotoromu on imel otnoshenie, predstavitʹ ego istinnye namerenii͡a i deĭstvii͡a, a takzhe ego sobstvennye slova, argumenty i mysli". <br>/Martin Gilbert

"Churchill" by Martin Gilbert is not only an extremely valuable historical work, but also a fascinating narrative. Before us is the whole life of Winston Churchill from early childhood: the struggle and setbacks, the higher moments of triumph and bitter defeat, the turmoil of his private life, extraordinary ability as a speaker, politician, and even the seer, manifested throughout his career both in peacetime and during the war.

Martin Gilbert creates a living portrait, based on the personal correspondence of Churchill from the family archives, memoirs of contemporaries — employees, friends and enemies. The reader opens the background of the Grand political events of the twentieth century — the era marked by two world wars and ended the cold war and nuclear confrontation between the great powers.

"My goal is to give these pages a full and complete picture of the political and private life of Churchill. His career is the subject of countless books and articles in which it is sometimes judged down upon, and even dramatically. I intend
to give a balanced assessment, based on actual thoughts, deeds, achievements, beliefs and disprove many existing misunderstandings.
A huge array of preserved materials in vivo has allowed me to offer the reader virtually complete collection of facts about the life of Churchill, can play almost every episode, to which he had to present his true intentions and actions and his own words, arguments and thoughts."
/Martin Gilbert