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Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was prime minister of Great Britain during World War I. Throughout his long and distinguished political career, his writing was prolific. Churchill received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.

Produktinformation

Taschenbuch: 400 Seiten

Verlag: Skyhorse Publishing; Auflage: Facsimile (24. Januar 2013)

Sprache: Englisch

ISBN-10: 1620874768

ISBN-13: 978-1620874769

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14 x 2,8 x 21 cm

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This a fascinating account of the River War including a personal account of the final decisive battle at Omdurman that Churchill fought in. Except for the deletion of the preface, this is a complete reprint of the second edition including maps that runs to 432 pages. Some reprints are abridged down to as few as 146 pages and some do not include the maps.I find Churchill's style easy to read and engrossing. You learn about details that wouldn't occur to a non-specialist. For instance, a major problem building a steam railroad across the desert is water for the locomotive. At one point, supply trains had to devote one third or more of their entire loads to water to get the train to the destination and get the locomotive back to the supply depot.I wish someone would reprint the original first edition. This was was in two volumes with larger fold-out maps and apparently included some uncomplimentary comments about Kitchener and others. Churchill eliminated much of that in the second edition released a couple of years later, perhaps out of a sense of decorum. Surely 120 years later it really doesn't matter and I'm curious about what Winston actually thought. Unfortunately I'll probably never know unless I run across someone with a first edition as I don't have a mid four figure curiosity.

As always with Churchill's books, the English is a pleasure to read. Although, like most Englishmen educated through the 40's and 50's, I was perfectly aware of the Mahdi, Gordon's fate at Khartoum etc., I found this book to be an excellent study of the entire post Khartoum campaign. It is very detailed but clearly explained down to the unit level. It defines very well the Mahdi's cohorts and explains how the Dervishes organized themselves and fought with such fanaticism. For any History reader interested in that region it is a must.

Ever read something that made you feel wholly inadequate in your writing…if not your thinking? I am on my fourth reading of “The River War” and each time I read it, the sheer brilliance and eloquence of Winston Churchill dumbfounds, confounds, and hounds me. Churchill is a man genius and this book, a history written so very early in his life and career at the very end of the 19th Century, give great insight into the man much later in life and career who was to forge some of the greatest decisions and make history in the 20th Century.“The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan” is magisterial in register, poetic in meter, and completely modern in manner. Magisterial because Churchill speaks from his personal experiences in the War as well as his interactions with other soldiers and leaders, not-to-forget the extensive research Churchill did to cut through the fog and friction of battle to clearly outline the progression of the military campaign and its history. Poetic because Churchill uses a beautiful English, precise syntax, but easy voice throughout—perfectly balanced with care for the ear and an absolute joy to read. Modern because Churchill astoundingly breaks with the first-person, highly personal, often stiff, travelogue or memoire style of the time for an incredibly modern and sweeping account of this conflict with global reach. It is here where I give Churchill the greatest deference: he incorporates an astounding quantity of information from a huge region to place the conflict, and specifically his experiences, into a far-reaching geopolitical and socio-cultural context. Although this is really the standard today-it was not then and almost unheard of in his day. I cannot think of anything like it before him outside Tolstoy, and Tolstoy was writing fiction (although based upon a profound understanding of real events and personalities), although Thucydides comes to mind.It is his sense of “the political” (in the translated words of Clausewitz; “der Politik” from his famous "Der Krieg ist eine bloße Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln") in military affairs which is both so rare and so important…surely becoming critical to Churchill when the world most needed a cool and deliberate leader at the helm—one can easily hear him with his gruff voice advising to “Keep Calm and Carry On.” His coolness and deliberation were surely constructed out of experiences and projects such as “The River War.” In his later words: “Character may be manifested in the great moments. But it is made in the small ones.” I often imagine Churchill drawing upon the character formed from an infinite number of small moments bitterly fighting The Mahdiyya in the wilds, hardships, and deprivation of the Sudanese desert.Which brings me to my final point of praise: the timelessness of truth. In setting the stage in Chapter 1, he observes that “Fanaticism is not a cause of war…. It has therefore been stated, and is to some extent believed, that the revolt in the Soudan was entirely religious. If the worst untruths are those that have some appearance of veracity, this impression must be very false indeed. It is, perhaps, an historical fact that the revolt of a large population has never been caused solely or even mainly by religious enthusiasm.” Well said, old Chap.In a world where Osama Bin Laden started a renegade terrorist organization translated as “The Refuge” (Al Qaeda) founded some strange form of Islamic "extremism" in the very same Sudan where Churchill fought, where the United States embarked on a “Global War On Terrorism” largely aimed at attacking the sins of "extremists" like Bin Laden, where groups not far from Sudan are forming “Islamic States” which seem strikingly similar to The Mahdiyya of 19th Century Sudan, and today where the Sudanese military has recently overthrown President Bashir with no clear way forward, “The River War” should be read by all—with an aim at understanding its many lessons.

This is Churchill writing and, even though it is an early example in his literary career, it is a lesson in the graceful use of the English Language. Beautifully descriptive phrases, pungent political comments, extraordinary attention to the details of numerous miltary campaigns and an underlying, cynical, humour throughout this account of a long forgotten war. Noticeable and laudible is Churchill's insistence in describing the bravery of the warriors of both sides with admirable equanimity. I loved the written word here but you must try to obtain this in book form.The Kindle edition is truly awful! Badly formatted and with a complete absence of any maps, despite Churchill's reference to same. What is the matter with the people that prepare these Kindle books? I know that the Kindle can show maps, albeit they are generally on the small side & difficult to access. So why have some idiots released this version with no maps is beyond me. Needless to say the whole presentation, though lucidly described, is totally useless without maps.Shame on Amazon & the publishers for allowing this rip-off to occur.Three stars however for Churchill's writing, which compelled me to complete reading the book, whilst gnashing my teeth in frustration.

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