Boris Johnson, "Churchill Factor": content, reviews

The author of the book, which will be discussed in this article, is Boris Johnson. "The Churchill Factor" is not just a work dedicated to a British statesman of the Second World War. This is an attempt to unravel the secret of the great British politician. Which, however, was far from the first to be done by a journalist, former mayor of London, and now British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Churchill's factor - what is it? The driving force that once formed the personality of one of the most outstanding people of the 20th century? Or a combination of reasons that brought to light an eccentric but brilliant politician, without which - namely, this idea comes to the fore in the book - could Hitler win in Europe?

What Johnson remembers

"Churchill Factor" is a book published fifty years after the death of her hero. The author in the first chapter regrets that for the representatives of modern British youth the name of the legendary politician hardly means anything. In his childhood and adolescence Johnson, like his peers, perceived Winston Churchill as a person mystical and almost sacred. Many great legends and apocryphal stories were associated with the name of the great politician. Key points from his biography with enviable scrupulousness were studied by young Johnson. "Churchill Factor" is a book, one of whose goals for the author was to convey the understanding of the genius of the legendary politician to the current youth. Because because of the fog, which is used to thicken over the past, the scale of Churchill's personality can be forgotten.

The hero of the book, which is discussed in this article, is a vivid refutation of the Marxist ideology, based on impersonal economic relations. This is the opinion of many historians and biographers of politics, including Johnson. "The Churchill factor," according to the acting Foreign Minister of Great Britain, is nothing more than proof that a decisive and positive contribution to world history can be made by a single individual.

The person who made history

Believing that even today Churchill's personality influences public events in the world, Boris Johnson identifies several important features of the politician's activities, such as:

• Finding the origin of the social security system;
• The establishment of the Royal Air Force;
• The decisive influence on the actions of Britain during the war;
• Participation in the founding of Israel.

All of the above, perhaps, explains why the full title of the book by Boris Johnson - "Churchill Factor. How one person made history. " The author narrates in his work about the conditions under which the personality of his hero was formed under the influence of which literature. And then he says: the great politician has repeatedly stood in the way of the flow of history and changed its course.

Negotiated negotiations

In 1940, the question of whether to enter the UK into peace talks with Germany was extremely acute. Churchill's predecessor, like many of his colleagues, was more inclined to concede to Hitler some British possessions than to make sacrifices. But the Prime Minister decided to fight. Despite the fact that by the time of the famous speech at the cabinet session, more than thirty thousand British citizens had already been killed by the Germans.

Wild Elephant

This is the nickname Winston Churchill received. Contemporaries treated him at best with mild distrust. Chamberlain - the predecessor of Churchill - turned out to be much preferable to the British. Lord Halifax urged not to listen to the Prime Minister's speech, because they exuded "port wine and chewed cigar."

Few British politicians were pleased with the arrival of the "Churchill Gang", as it was customary to call in the early forties the hero of the book of Johnson and his followers. Studying for many years the biography of an outstanding public figure, features and numerous obstacles to his ascent to a political Olympus, a British journalist put forward the idea of the genius of an eccentric prime minister. What reaction did modern historians have received from the theory that Boris Johnson presented in his work?

"Churchill Factor": reviews

Russian researchers believe that in creating the idea that without Churchill Hitler could have won, Johnson lost his sense of proportion. As in the belief that the history of the British people changed. There is an opinion that the victory over Hitler's tyranny was won thanks to American money and ... on Russian blood. Anyway, any historical theory has a right to exist. Because as soon as you study a lot of assumptions and judgments, you can achieve the truth.