The Churchill Myths - Schwarz, Bill; Toye, Richard; Fielding, Steven
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This is not a book about Winston Churchill as a man or a politician. Instead, it sees him as a cultural & historical symbol; how he is depicted in contemporary historiography, popular culture, & modern political campaigns, particularly focusing on the Brexit debate, & how Churchill's legacy was used as a tool by both Leave and Remain campaigns.

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This is not a book about Winston Churchill as a man or a politician. Instead, it sees him as a cultural & historical symbol; how he is depicted in contemporary historiography, popular culture, & modern political campaigns, particularly focusing on the Brexit debate, & how Churchill's legacy was used as a tool by both Leave and Remain campaigns.
Autorenporträt
Steven Fielding is Professor of Political History at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of a number of books, including A State of Play: British Politics on Screen, Stage and Page, from Anthony Trollope to The Thick of It (2014), and is currently writing The Labour Party: from Callaghan to Corbyn. Bill Schwarz is Professor of Modern Literature and History at Queen Mary University of London. He is completing a three-volume study for OUP, Memories of Empire, the first volume of which received the Longman/History Today prize in 2013, and has been an editor of History Workshop Journal since 1989. Richard Toye is Professor of Modern British History at the University of Exeter. His books include Lloyd George and Churchill: Rivals for Greatness (2007), Churchill's Empire: The World That Made Him and the World He Made (2010), and The Roar of the Lion: The Untold Story of Churchill's World War II (2013). Winston Churchill: A Life in the News is forthcoming from OUP in 2020.