My Early Life

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I Winstons unge år deltager han som officer og journalist i flere mindre krige hvor England er involveret. Presentation copy from Churchill, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper to the wife of Frederick Raven, who served as his butler and valet for nine months: "To Mrs Raven from Winston S. This is an impressive example of a notoriously fragile edition, very good plus in a very good plus dust jacket.Nonetheless, the factual experiences of Churchill’s early life compete with any fiction, and any liberties taken are forgivable, in keeping with the wit, pace, and engaging style that characterizes the book. He went to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst where, after three attempts at admission and 1½ years as a cadet, he emerged as a cavalry officer. Students of British history will know of this as a significant event for both Churchill and the country. I found his recounting of his school days to be particularly enjoyable, as he makes snide remarks about Latin and grammar.

This book was an interesting look at Churchill's formative years, education, army experiences, and early political life. The first twenty-five years of Churchill’s life were full of adventure: night marches, cavalry charges, skirmishes on the North West Frontier, escape from a Boer prison-camp and a visit to the Cuban War. He pulled every string and used every tactic to ensure that happened, to the extent many viewed him as a glory hunter who neglected the routine duties of an army officer. This book was written in 1930; before the decade was out, destiny would lay its hand on his shoulder - the rest is history.He wrote to Stanley Baldwin, "I have had a delightful month - building a cottage and dictating a book: 200 bricks and 2000 words per day. Later, when Churchill got accepted to Sandhurst (the British West Point) and opted for a certain direction in the service that his father disagreed he got this response. He was captured, escaped, and—yes—he wrote another book, actually two, in 1900: “London to Ladysmith via Praetoria,” and “Ian Hamilton’s March.

Frontispiece and 8 plates; maps, plans and illustrations to the text including 1 double-page and 6 full-page. Churchill did not go to university (although he trained as an officer at Sandhurst); instead he decided to study by himself and try to reach conclusions which seems to accomodate his specific personality.It is filled with both adventure and misadventure, as he becomes an officer in the army and starts his writing career. These momentous and formative years for Churchill included his time as an itinerant war correspondent and cavalry officer in theaters ranging from Cuba, to northwest India, to sub-Saharan and southern Africa.

There are a few outdated attitudes, almost inevitable in a work of this vintage, and it must be admitted there is a fair bit of the “Huzzah! Overall I'm glad I read it and I know a lot more about this great man of British history than I did before.He was in South Africa during the Boer War, stationed in India, went to Cuba and ran for office, switching parties from conservative to liberal and back again! Still, fascinating stuff, and I'm glad I got a sense of his voice before I embarked upon the very long Last Lion series. This remarkably weak foundation never deterred Churchill from his belief that he was a great military strategist, a belief he maintained even in the face of his many poor strategic decisions in WWI (as First Lord of the Admiralty) and in WWII (as Prime Minister). Ir nepaisant nedidelių ekskursų į ateitį (tokių kaip „tas ir tas vėliau krito didžiojo karo metu“), Churchill‘iui gana vykusiai pavyksta išvengti to „žvilgsnio iš ateities“ ir pasakoti viską iš XIX amžiaus pabaigos žmogaus pozicijos.