...Churchill the Writer Winston Churchill (1874-1965) is one of the most celebrated, criticized, and without question debated political figures in world history. While Churchill had a long and controversial political career, most notably his nine years as Prime Minster of Great (1940-45, 1951-55), his fame, something many view as a crucial aspect of his life he thrived off of and live for, spanned well beyond the years he held various positions in political office. Churchill was born and raised in the Victorian Era, a time in which the British Empire was at its peak as the world’s strongest power. When studying almost any aspect of Churchill’s life, his romantic vision of Britain as a thriving empire and world power holds a strong precedence. Many historians study Churchill through his political career, aiming to validate claims both for and against Churchill as hero of his time. There is expansive research and volumes of evaluations on Churchill’s decision making and the associated success and failures that ensued. While the never ending debate on the quality of his leadership goes on, Churchill’s career as a writer and his extensive published works are commonly overlooked. This paper analyzes Churchill the writer and how his works not only paint a vivid picture of his life and times, but are also a self-reflection of the man he was and the man he wanted to be. Churchill once stated, “Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy then an amusement. Then it becomes...
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...In 1902 Winston Churchill entered politics in Britain, shortly upon entering politics Churchill became known throughout Britain for his great skills as a debater and phrasemaker. It was not until 1940 when Churchill became renowned world wide as he is today. Due to severity of the time period and the fact that Churchill speech giving skills and use of words would give Churchill an advantage over the rest of the politicians in Britain. Churchill’s rise to power was at the beginning of World War II as Hitler’s power grew it began to strike fear in the people of Britain, Churchill as the Prime Minister at the time, goal was simple it was to unite the country and get them ready to fight the greatest enemy they have ever faced. Cue Winston Churchill’s speech on May 13th 1940. The speech most famously remembered for the line about blood, toil tears and sweat was used to unite the people of Britain in the time of war, urging the people to place all their energy in the war effort as Churchill is doing himself. “Churchill was a cavalier statesman who could never survive roundhead strictures on ornament and theatrical excess in speaking. That's why he could supply what everyone needed in 1940: a style that would mark emphatic ends (there is no good news), conventional ideas (we are an ancient nation), and old-fashioned emphasis (we will fight). Perhaps the style never suited the time. It suited the moment.” (Adam Gopnik) The style in which Churchill used on most if not all his speeches...
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...Date: Sir Winston Churchill Introduction Being a high profile personality is at times beneficial to an individual not only during the person’s lifetime but also after his death. It is always good to realize that anything that an individual does always affect people around either positively or negatively and having a positive impact is always the best thing and does last for ages even after death. In stands that in the society there are people of higher ranks than others either in politics, workplace, business and many others. Often when these people quite a career that was known of them or even die they will leave a legacy behind for either the right or bad things they did while on serving in their area of influence. Doing good things to others while holding such positions is something that everyone longs for but that has never been the case for many. The many politicians and other professions in various high posts in the society have had always had their reputations to build; however, not everyone will always have the heart to help others in the society, not even those people he leads. Some will be selfish and will only be interested in being financially stable from illegal sources such as soliciting taxpayer’s money(if he is a politician) while some will be bad enough to take even away people’s lives for selfish gains. All these are traits that describe those people around us especially the high profile personalities. But there lived this man, Winston Churchill, who is not only...
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...Leonard Spencer Churchill Biography The English statesman and author Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) led Britain during World War II and is often described as the "savior of his country." Sir Winston Churchill's exact place in the political history of the 20th century is, and will continue to be, a subject of debate and polemical writing. Where he succeeded, and how much he personally had to do with that success, and where he failed, and why, remain to be established. That he was a political figure of enormous influence and importance, belonging in many ways to an age earlier than the 20th century, and that he fitted uneasily into the constraints of British party politics until his moment came in 1940 are not in doubt. Until recently his reputation during the years from 1940 onward was scarcely questioned. But now historians are beginning to reassess his career in just the same way as Churchill himself tried to revise T. B. Macaulay's account of the Duke of Marlborough by writing a multivolumed Life of his distinguished ancestor (completed in 1938). Churchill's record both before 1939 and after 1945 was for the most part undistinguished. But as Anthony Storr writes: "In 1940 Churchill became the hero that he had always dreamed of being. … In that dark time, what England needed was not a shrewd, equable, balanced leader. She needed a prophet, a heroic visionary, a man who could dream dreams of victory when all seemed lost. Winston Churchill was such a man;...
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...The Battle of Britain I. DEFINE THE SUBJECT The Battle of Britain began shortly after the fall of France was emanate and would eventually sign an armistice with Germany. This would allow Germany to focus squarely on Great Britain. In late May, 1941 Prime Minister Winston Churchill disregarded calls for peace talks with Hitler and said that Britain “would fight on” (“Churchill decides toll,” 2012). The Battle of Britain was during the time period of June, 1940 to May, 1941 with the heaviest fighting occurring from June to October, 1940. The Battle of Britain was a fierce air battle between the Germans and the British over Great Britain’s airspace which was important as Germany wished to invade by land. As a precursor to the invasion of England, the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) would attack the British coastal defenses, radar stations and shipping ports. This caused almost all of Britain’s Expeditionary Force to become penned in a tiny pocket around the French Channel port of Dunkirk along with a large number of the French Army as well. This caused the British to attempt to rescue over 330,000 men from the Dunkirk coastal line in attempt to fight another day. Of that 330,000+ number approximately 224,000 of them were Britain’s Expeditionary Force which represented about 85 percent Britain’s Army (Macdonal, 1997). After the fall of France, Germany was very confident and planned very little for this battle. They believed they would first take over airspace and...
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...Many historic events took place by themselves, they were the result of improving the human mind, and not dependent on specific individuals. Many of them may have been accidental. In my opinion, to evaluate the significance of such phenomena is difficult, because they are too much influenced by subjective factors. In my opinion, is much more important to understand the role of personality in history. Often, one person can change an entire era, and even humanity as a whole. So my choice fell on the three great men, totally different, but made a huge contribution to the history of Western civilization and the world. This is great theologian, commander and politician. Martin Luther, Alexander the Great and Winston Churchill. Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546) - Christian theologian, the initiator of the Reformation, the translator of the Bible into German. His name is one very important in Protestantism. Martin Luther was the son of Hans Luther (1459-1530) - a farmer who moved to Eisleben (Saxony) in the hope of a better life. There he changed his profession, having been engaged in mining in the copper mines. After the birth of Martin, family moved to the mountain town Mansfeld, where his father became a prosperous burgher. In 1501, by decision of the parents Luther entered the University of Erfurt. In 1505, against the wishes of his father he entered the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt. Luther took his monastic vows in 1506 and in 1507 was ordained a priest...
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...Successful or Triumphed Winston Churchill once wrote; “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” What if failure is fatal though? Can we even really call that a success? While reading the story of Chris McCandless’s journey in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild readers are left with did McCandless succeed? And can his travels across the United States and into the Alaskan wilderness be interpreted as a success? Even though he did go out into the wilderness alone with hardly anything at all people think he is a success. However, McCandless was not a success because he went out there with hardly knowing much and practically killed himself and ended up dying. To start off, Chris McCandless did not even know how to cook food properly in a microwave yet alone clean it. In other words, this goes to show he was not very successful. Early in the book Jon Krakauer states that Westerburg “Opened the...
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...time taking an online class. I was nervous about it because I did not know if it was going to be the same as having a professor lecture or learn from just reading articles. I also was nervous about it because I am doing the medical doctor program and was wondering if I would have enough time actually to do well in Walden. It is week four, almost five, out of six in my first online class. As of today, I have an A in my first online Walden class. I see myself as a person who is determined to achieve its goals. To keep being successful, I have to promise myself to keep organizing my time well since time management is the key to everything. Also, it is very nice to know that I am not alone because I am surrounded by many people who are part of the Walden Community. I am always interacting with everybody in the Walden Community, my advisor, professor, and classmates to name a few. When reading Tool-Using Animals, an online slide show by Rachel VanCott, made me think how animals have found a way to make their life much easier by using tools. For example, chimpanzees using long sticks to get termites, the sea otter uses a stone to open up sea urchins, and the veined octopus using a coconut shell as a refuge. We humans have also used tools to make our lives easier, and as time passes by, those tools become more sophisticated. The problem with us humans is that we depend too much on technology and due to that we become useless most of the time. For example, I remember working...
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...employees and lack of proper follow up on the employees work. All these are consolidated in the four functions of management which are organizing, planning, controlling and directing. I acknowledge the fact that you had the right qualifications as the manager in Smith accounting and Tax service business, and I noticed that you also had a good start as you identified, an opportunity to expand your business and did just like that (Gronkiewicz, & Churchill, 2006). Your work is noteworthy. However, the most important part of overseeing the business is what you put aside with the objective of acquiring more clients and shuffle more rejoinder. Now Amanda, planning is quite important for any business large or small. This is because all other functions associated with management fall under planning and lack of planning is planning to fail (Guzzle, 2011). On one part of the business, the management was good because upon realizing that an expansion opportunity was available you grabbed the opportunity and announced interviews for qualified professionals which was quite successful. However, the fact that Lisa was responsible for the interviews is quite a nonstarter. This is because it is open from your case that Lisa had not qualifications in the field...
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...differing philosophies, which split Europe on either side of the iron curtain and the use of policies of control providing economic and military aid. The iron curtain was a name given by Winston Churchill in a famous speech made on March 5, 1946 after WWII ended. With Europe in ruins both physically and economically Eastern European countries were swept up by the Soviet Union creating a separation of those nations and nations exercising self-determination thus the iron curtain was born. In Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech, he spoke of the “increasing measure of control from Moscow and how communist parties were raised to power to obtain totalitarian control” (Documents 1 & 6)....
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...Phoenix University History 135 Instructor, Student, Assignment: Significant events in the decades after World War II Due date, Preface Americans faced many challenges in their lives; challenges on a variety of fronts shattered the American consensus. In the 50s, African Americans launched a crusade, joined later by other minority groups and women, for a larger share of the American dream. In the 60s, politically active students protested the nation's role abroad, particularly in the corrosive war in Vietnam, and a youth counterculture challenged the status quo of American values. Americans from many walks of life sought to establish a new equilibrium in the United States, the following time synopsis will shed some light on turning points in our American history. * 1940s, Civil Rights, a time for change. Harry Truman supported the civil rights movement. He believed in political equality, though not in social equality, and recognized the growing importance of the black urban vote. When apprised in 1946 of lynching’s and other forms of mob violence still practiced in the South, he appointed a committee on civil rights to investigate discrimination based on race and religion. The report, issued the next year, documented blacks' second-class status in American life. It asserted the need for the federal government to secure the rights guaranteed to all citizens. Truman responded by sending a 10-point civil rights program to Congress. When Southern Democrats...
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...Why did the Grand Alliance fall apart so soon after the victory in Europe and Japan? [Listen to Owen talk about choosing his topic] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three great allies of the Second World War, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia together destroyed the Axis powers and shattered their imperial ambitions. Their "shotgun marriage" 1 was always unlikely, given the history of antagonism between them. The union was to be short lived, with the ideological and political differences leading to the collapse of the Grand Alliance within five years of the end of the war. Despite wartime hopes that the great allies may be able to continue in their relationship in peace and provide stability to the world community, the diplomatic and military relationship between the two dominant powers, the United States and Russia, quickly degenerated into the so-called 'Cold War' which was to dominate world politics for the next half a century. [Listen to Owen talk about presenting an argument] [Listen to Owen talk about writing intros] During the war the allied leaders were aware that victory in Europe and the Pacific meant much more than just the abolition of an intolerable political regime. Talking in 1944, Stalin said: "This war is not as in the past; whoever occupies a territory also imposes on it his own social system. Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army has power to do so. It cannot be otherwise...
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...challenges that they were faced with so that they could live happy and prosperous lives. In their own way they proved to be heroines. Introduction In my opinion, a heroine is a woman with emotional strength, character, moral standard and willpower. A heroine does not have to be the richest, smartest or prettiest, but she does have to have a sense of esteem. A heroine knows what she wants, as well as what she does not want and she knows how to go about getting it in her own way. This is a head strong woman who keeps her priorities in line with realistic measures and the things that will keep them being the strong women that they are. While reading the Jane Austen novels and watching the movies there were several heroines to consider. While they were all carried different situations and outcome when it came to relationships and family, they were all the same in being strong in character and their beliefs. It seemed as if they carried the personal motto: don’t settle for less in the matters of love and relationships and each heroine did just that. The heroines in the Jane Austen novels consisted of Elizabeth Bennet, Elinor Dashwood, Fanny Price, and Emma Woodhouse, Their stories tell and describes what it takes to be a real heroine. Elizabeth Bennet Elizabeth Bennet is the second oldest of five daughters. Elizabeth and her family reside in the Longbourn estate near the fictional village of Meryton in Hertfordshire, Engalnd (Austen, 1975). At...
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...the beginning of its creation. Chances are that an individual and their parents, possibly even grandparents, have had a very similar experience within their school career. Two creators on YouTube have stepped up and become a voice for the people. The first text, named “I Sued the School System” (Prince EA, 2016), features a skit with a man who presents a case in...
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...Chapter 1 The Importance of Leadership D. Quinn Mills Leadership How to Lead, How to Live © 2005 D. Quinn Mills. All Rights Reserved. Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live Few things are more important to human activity than leadership. Effective leadership helps our nation through times of peril. It makes a business organization successful. It enables a not-for-profit organization to fulfill its mission. The effective leadership of parents enables children to grow strong and healthy and become productive adults. The absence of leadership is equally dramatic in its effects. Without leadership, organizations move too slowly, stagnate, and lose their way. Much of the literature about organizations stresses decision-making and implies that if decision-making is timely, complete, and correct, then things will go well. Yet a decision by itself changes nothing. After a decision is made, an organization faces the problem of implementation—how to get things done in a timely and effective way. Problems of implementation are really issues about how leaders influence behavior, change the course of events, and overcome resistance. Leadership is crucial in implementing decisions successfully. Each of us recognizes the importance of leadership when we vote for our political leaders. We realize that it matters who is in office, so we participate in a contest, an election, to choose the best candidate. Investors recognize the importance of business leadership when they say that a good leader...
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