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Churchill's Empire : The World that Made Him and the World He Made / Richard Toye. - Wydanie 2. - London : Pan Books, 2011. - XVIII, 423 strony : ilustracje ; 20 cm.

Autor

Toye, Richard.

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Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

Przynależność kulturowa

Literatura angielska

Temat

Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) Przywódcy i głowy państw Wielka Brytania

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Biografia

Index na stronach 409-423.

`I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.' These notorious words, spoken by Churchill in 1942, encapsulate his image as an imperial die-hard, implacably opposed to colonial freedom - a reputation that has prevailed, and which Churchill willingly embraced to further his policies. Yet, as a youthful minister at the Colonial Office before World War I, his political opponents had seen him as a Little Englander and a danger to the Empire. Placing Churchill in the context of his times and his contemporaries, Richard Toye evaluates his position on key Imperial questions and examines what was conventional about Churchill's opinions and what was unique. Combining a lightness of touch and entertaining storytelling with expert and insightful analysis, the result is a vivid and dynamic account of a remarkable man and an extraordinary era.

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Rhetoric : A Very Short Introduction / Richard Toye. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. - XIII, 122 s. : il. ; 18 cm.

Autor

Toye, Richard.

Temat

Język angielski Retoryka

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Wydawnictwa popularne

Index s. 117-122.

Very Short Introductions ; 346

Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the 'art of persuasion', it is clear that we are all forced to engage with it at some level, if only because we are constantly exposed to the rhetoric of others. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Toye explores the purpose of rhetoric. Rather than presenting a defence of it, he considers it as the foundation-stone of civil society, and an essential part of any democratic process. Using wide-ranging examples from Ancient Greece, medieval Islamic preaching, and modern cinema, Toye considers why we should all have an appreciation of the art of rhetoric.

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