Churchills Trial, Dr. Larry Arnn
Churchills Trial, Dr. Larry Arnn
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Churchill's Trial
Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government

Author: Dr. Larry Arnn

Narrator: Wayne Campbell

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 10/13/2015


Synopsis

No statesman shaped the twentieth century more than Winston Churchill. To know the full Churchill is to understand the combination of boldness and caution, of assertiveness and humility, that defines statesmanship at its best. With fresh perspective and insights based on decades of studying and teaching Churchill, Larry P. Arnn explores the greatest challenges faced by Churchill over the course of his extraordinary career, both in war and peace—and always in the context of Churchill’s abiding dedication to constitutionalism.Churchill’s Trial is organized around the three great challenges to liberty that Churchill faced: Nazism, Soviet communism, and his own nation’s slide toward socialism. Churchill knew that stable free government, long enduring, is rare, and hangs upon the balance of many factors ever at risk. Combining meticulous scholarship with an engrossing narrative arc, this book holds timely lessons for today. Arnn says, “Churchill’s trial is also our trial. We have a better chance to meet it because we had in him a true statesman.”In a scholarly, timely, and highly erudite way, Larry Arnn puts the case for Winston Churchill continuing to be seen as statesman from whom the modern world can learn important lessons. In an age when social and political morality seems all too often to be in a state of flux, Churchill’s Trial reminds us of the enduring power of the concepts of courage, duty, and honor.--Andrew Roberts, New York Times bestselling author of Napoleon: A Life and The Storm of War Larry Arnn has spent a lifetime studying the life and accomplishments of Winston Churchill. In his lively Churchill’s Trial, Arnn artfully reminds us that Churchill was not just the greatest statesman and war leader of the twentieth century, but also a pragmatic and circumspect thinker whose wisdom resonates on every issue of our times.--Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University In absorbing, gracefully written historical and biographical narration, Larry Arnn shows that Churchill, often perceived as inconsistent and opportunistic, was in fact philosophically rigorous and consistent at levels of organization higher and deeper than his detractors are capable of imagining. In Churchill’s Trial Arnn has rendered great service not only to an incomparable statesman but to us, for the magnificent currents that carried Churchill through his trials are as admirable, useful, and powerful in our times as they were in his.--Mark Helprin, New York Times bestselling author of Winter’s Tale and In Sunlight and in Shadow Churchill’s Trial, a masterpiece of political philosophy and practical statesmanship, is the one book on Winston Churchill that every undergraduate, every graduate student, every professional historian, and every member of the literate general public should read on this greatest statesman of the twentieth century. The book is beautifully written, divided into three parts–war, empire, peace–and thus covers the extraordinary life of Winston Churchill and the topics which define the era of his statesmanship. --Lewis E. Lehrman, cofounder of the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg College and distinguished director of the Abraham Lincoln Association

About Dr. Larry Arnn

Larry P. Arnn is the president of Hillsdale College. He has been published widely on issues of public policy, history, and political theory, and is the author of Liberty and Learning and The Founders' Key. He lives in Hillsdale, MI.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff on August 21, 2017

I read this book along with taking a free course on Churchill from Dr. Arnn of Hillsdale College. This is not really a biography but rather observations of Churchill's perspective on politics, social issues, war, economics, etc;. Well written, and the inclusion of the oft-referred to Churchill essay......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on July 07, 2022

Churchill was a statesman beyond compare, and his leadership during WWII can only be admired. Thanks to his prolific writing and oratory, we can know his every thought on the subjects of civil society, war and peace. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Churchill, Larry Arnn gives us an overview of......more

Goodreads review by Jean on January 25, 2016

This is more of a scholarly book that examines the words and behavior of Winston Churchill with regards to free government. This is not a biography of WSC. It is in many ways a philosophical examination about constitutional limits of free government. Arnn writes a beautiful and eloquent defense of t......more

Goodreads review by MaryJo on March 06, 2018

Marked as 'read', in actuality I've read one third of this book, and called it quits. But that is simply because it isn't for me. Did I like it? Actually, yes. But this is a read for hard core Winston Churchill scholars, or those who want indepth knowledge of political thought and philosphy. My inte......more

Goodreads review by Eric on December 29, 2019

First book I've read about Churchill, but based on the numerous direct excerpts in here, next time I'll read Churchill's writings directly. It seems like he himself is such an excellent writer. The first two chapters of this book were written in a style aimed at US college undergrads, which would ha......more