@article{718231,
      recid = {718231},
      author = {Rose, Jonathan,},
      title = {The literary Churchill writer, reader, actor / [electronic  resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 516 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This literary biography introduces a Churchill we have not  known before. Author Jonathan Rose explores in tandem  Churchill's careers as statesman and author, revealing the  profound influence of literature and theater on Churchill's  personal, carefully composed grand story and on the  decisions he made throughout his political life. Rose  analyzes Churchill's writings and their reception (he won  the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and was a  best-selling author), and chronicles his dealings with  publishers, editors, literary agents, and censors. The book  also identifies an array of authors who shaped Churchill's  own writings and politics. Rose investigates the effect of  Churchill's passion for theater on his approach to  reportage, memoirs, and historical works. Perhaps most  remarkably, Rose reveals the unmistakable influence of  Churchill's reading on every important episode of his  public life, including his championship of social reform,  plans for the Gallipoli invasion, command during the Blitz,  crusade for Zionism, and efforts to prevent a nuclear arms  race. In conclusion, Rose traces the significance of  Churchill's writings to later generations of politicians,  among them President John F. Kennedy as he struggled to  extricate the U.S. from the Cuban Missile Crisis.--From  publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/718231},
}