Binding: Paperback
Description: Before Winston Churchill made history he made news. To a great extent the news made him too. If it was his own efforts that made him a hero it was the media that made him a celebrity - and it has been considerably responsible for perpetuating his memory and shaping his reputation in the years since his death. Churchill first made his name via writing and journalism in the years before 1900, the money he earned helping to support his political career (at a time when M Ps did not get salaries). Journalistic activities were also important to him later as he struggled in the interwar years to find the wherewithal to run and maintain Chartwell his country house in Kent. Moreover not only was journalism an important aspect of Churchill's political persona but he himself was a news - obsessive throughout his life. The story of Churchill and the news is on one level a tale of tight deadlines off - the - record briefings and smoke - filled newsrooms of wartime summits that were turned into stage - managed global media events and of often tense interactions with journalists and powerful press proprietors such as Lords Northcliffe Rothermere and Beaverbrook. Uncovering the symbiotic relationship between Churchill's political life and his media life and the ways in which these were connected to his personal life Richard Toye asks if there was a 'public Churchill whose image was at odds with the behind - the - scenes reality or whether in fact his private and public selves became seamlessly blended as he adjusted to living in the constant glare of the media spotlight. On a wider level this is also the story of a rapidly evolving media and news culture in the first half of the twentieth century and of what the contemporary reporting of Churchill's life (including by himself) can tell us about the development of this culture over a period spanning from the Victorian era through to the space age.
Title: Winston Churchill A Life In The News
Author(s): Toye Richard (Professor Of Modern History University Of Exeter)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192896230
Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Date: 2/25/2022
Category: Advertising & Society