This is scheduled for publication in the U.S. next May. https://www.amazon.com/Winston-Churchill-His-Times-Crimes/dp/1788735773/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1626793342&sr=8-1
Not hard to imagine what the gist of the book will be....one can almost write the review in advance. Tariq Ali is a prolific writer although not as well known in the US. One of his efforts a few years ago was titled "On History: Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone in Conversation" which should have more accurately been "Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone Make Up History." He didn't like Barack Obama either: https://www.amazon.com/Obama-Syndrome-Surrender-Home-Abroad/dp/1844674495/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=tariq+ali+obama&qid=1626793654&s=books&sr=1-2 Best regards, Lee Pollock On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 10:51 AM 'Antoine Capet' via ChurchillChat < churchillchat@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > Seen by chance on Amazon UK today : > > Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes > Hardcover – 3 May 2022 > by Tariq Ali (Author) > > The subject of numerous biographies and history books, Winston Churchill > has > been repeatedly voted as one of the greatest of Englishmen. Even today, > Boris Johnson in his failing attempts to be magisterial, has adopted many > of > his hero's mannerism! And, as Tariq Ali agrees, Churchill was undoubtedly > right in 1940-41 to refuse to capitulate to fascism. However, he was also > one of the staunchest defenders of empire and of Britain's imperial > doctrine. In this coruscating biography, Tariq Ali challenges Churchill's > vaulted record. Throughout his long career as journalist, adventurer, MP, > military leader, statesman, and historian, nationalist self belief > influenced Churchill's every step, with catastrophic effects. As a young > man > he rode into battle in South Africa, Sudan and India in order to maintain > the Imperial order. As a minister during the first World War, he was > responsible for a series of calamitous errors that cost thousands of > lives. > His attempt to crush the Irish nationalists left scars that have not yet > healed. Despite his record as a defender of his homeland during the Second > World War, he was willing to sacrifice more distant domains. Singapore > fell > due to his hubris. Over 3 Millions Bengalis starved in 1943 as a > consequence > of his policies. As a peace time leader, even as the Empire was starting > to > crumble, Churchill never questioned his imperial philosophy as he became > one > of the architects of the postwar world we live in today. > > > https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winston-Churchill-His-Times-Crimes/dp/1788735773/ref=sr_1_25?Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=78&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=9&__mk_en_GB=%C3%85M%C3%85Z%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&field-datemod=5&field-dateop=After&field-dateyear=2021&qid=1626625696&rnid=271343&s=books&sr=1-25&unfiltered=1 > > Older British List Members will remember Tariq Ali's fame as a radical > student activist in the 1960s. > Others can look at his biography on Wikipedia : > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_Ali#Emerging_activism > > > With all best wishes, > > Antoine CAPET, FRHistS > Professor emeritus of British Studies > University of Rouen > 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan > France > antoine.ca...@univ-rouen.fr > > 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor > Royal Historical Society Bibliography > > Reviews Editor of CERCLES > http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html > ========================================== > > > -- > L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le > logiciel antivirus Avast. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/churchillchat/1A8E386DDCB14736A4EBF5E79458340F%40PCAntoine > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/churchillchat/CABsAu9NY0NEK%3DKjUefYA%3Dp7e5LHk-qiiqcdJA6Y7Uqxx6A7%3Dbg%40mail.gmail.com.
