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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Humes, James C.     Subjects     Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.     Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Quotations.     Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Prophecies.     Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Orators -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Twentieth century -- Forecasts.     Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Humes, James C.       by title:      Churchill : the prop...       by call number:      941.084 C563hu     Search the Web     Humes, James C.     Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.     Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Quotations.     Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Prophecies.     Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Orators -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Twentieth century -- Forecasts.     Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Churchill : the prophetic statesman / James C. Humes ; [foreword by David Eisenhower]. by Humes, James C. Regnery Histor ; Distributed to the trade by Perseus Distribution, c2012. Call #: 941.084 C563hu Subjects Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.   Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Quotations.   Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Prophecies.   Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Orators -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Twentieth century -- Forecasts.   Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781596987753 (hc.) 1596987758 (hc.) Description:  xiii, 241 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  World War I. Prescient as a schoolboy. Warnings from a young MP. A fateful memorandum. Opposing the sanguine majority -- Modern military weapons. Predicting the age of air power. Churchill develops the tank. Foreseeing the invention of nuclear weapons. The modern oil crisis predicted -- Domestic affairs. A balance between capitalism and socialism. Unmasking socialism. Postwar technophobia -- The age of totalitarian ideologies. An ominous novel. Misgivings about the Middle East. "It is not a creed; it is a pestilence." A latter-day Moses. The Indian genocide predicted -- World War II. The Nazi menace. The Nazi-Soviet pact stuns the world. Churchill is certain of victory. A rare miss. Dreams of defeat -- The Cold War. The Iron Curtain warning. Bloodshed averted. The "United States of Europe." The end of the Cold War. "Parley at the summit." Vindicated misgivings. Summing up. Summary:  James C. Humes reveals predictions made by British prime minister, Winston Churchill. He didn't need a crystal ball to tell the future. Using his skills as a historian, Churchill studied patterns of the past to make his eerily accurate forecasts, including the rise of European fascism, the fall of the Iron Curtain, and the exact day of his own death as he entered his final years. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 941.084 C563hu Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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