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The book “Churchill: Visionary. Statesman. Historian” written by John Lukacs published in 2004 depicted the life of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill from the time of the Second World War towards the end of his career and death. Several chapters were assigned for Churchill’s relations with other World War II leaders and politicians who challenged his policies. Other sections were attached to how the world saw Churchill, the criticisms that continued to plague his life until his death. Churchill was former British soldier, writer, historian and journalist before he became the prime ...

Book Review: The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis

Introduction

The eventual collapse of the agreement between the USSR, Britain and the United States in 1945 after the end of the World War II set the platform for the cold war. An anti-communist policy, commonly called the Truman doctrine, declared in 1947 by President Truman of the USA spoke clearly of the atmosphere that would prevail (Gaddis 30). The resulting tension between the communist and capitalist ideologies is what came to be known as the Cold War. Since it never resulted into armed confrontation or “blistering” conflict it was referred to as the cold war. Therefore the Cold ...

Sheila Fitzpatrick was one of the most prominent social historians of the epoch of Stalinism and Soviet Union. The author began to write from the cultural prospect and all her sociological researches relate to the topic of a culture. The issue of the Russian Revolution had a great resonance in the world and influenced many historical processes in the world. The investigation of its main factors was central to Fitzpatrick in her scientific research.
Sheila Fitzpatrick asks the question: “When does the Russian revolution end?” (2). Finding the answer on this question is the main argument of the book. The ...

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Five days in London May 1940 by John Lukas
The five days between May 24, 1940 and May 28, 1940 is a period, which had a profound implication in the course of the Second World War, and in effect on modern history. During these five days, the British war cabinet discussed whether they should negotiate with the Nazi Germany or continue on the offensive. The crucial significance of these five days is the central theme of John Lukacs’ book ‘Five Days in London, May 1940’.
John Lukacs is the author of the famous work ‘the End of the Modern ...

Jonathan Glover is an English philosopher and ethicist. He went to college at Tonbridge School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. For thirty years, he was a professor of philosophy at New College, Oxford, and currently teaches ethics at London’s Kings College. Glover is also a research fellow at the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution in the United States.
Born in 1941, Glover writes books and teacher. His “working life consists of thinking, reading, writing and talking about philosophy. Talking includes teaching, which involves listening as well. I write mainly books, with only a few articles” (Glover). In 1989 ...

"All animals are equal, but some animals

Are more equal than others"
Alexis de Tocqueville has been quoted as saying that the skills used to create marvelous literature do not necessarily produce coherent and well-founded political thought and in most cases one might say that he was right. But that was not the case for English novelist Eric Arthur Blair more commonly known as George Orwell, whose work is characterized by political insight, linguistic clarity and irrefutable literary value, a work that can still inspire almost sixty four years after his death. A keen analyst of his turbulent times, Orwell was, according to Newsweek magazine, the ...

Totalitarian movements are significantly characteristic and their leaders have massive fame; however, they are been forgotten and replaced swiftly. The successors of totalitarian do not give them the credit they deserve but rather rule in their own way. For instance, following the defeat and death of Hitler, his doctrines do not play any role in the current regimes even amongst the neo-Nazi and neo-Fascists of post war Germany. The totalitarian movements appear to stay in power only when they keep moving and when everything around them is set in motion (Arendt, 1973). Additionally, they appear to be relevant only ...