{"product_id":"india-defending-the-jewel-in-the-crown-speeches-and-an-introduction","title":"India: Defending the Jewel in the Crown -- Speeches and an Introduction","description":"xl, 140, [1]. 7 5\/8 x 5 1\/8. Original ads reproduced after text, facsimiles of original covers precede and follow text. A 1990 reissue of one of Churchill's scarcest works, originally published in book form in 1931. The original when last auctioned sold for over $2000. This reprint is the first American edition of the work, and since its publication has also become quite scarce. \"An exacting reproduction of the 1931 original, this heirloom edition of India is not only a ringing example of Winston Churchill's greatest oratory, but a precise replica of a rare book long sought by bibliophiles and Churchill collectors alike. The great issue of Imperial Britain six decades ago was whether to quit India - and Churchill was the most eloquent champion of those who 'stood athwart history and said no.' In an exciting Foreword that leaves one anxious to read them, Yeshiva University Professor Manfred Weidhorn rates this defense of 'The Jewel in the Crown' as the equal of Churchill's defense of England against Hitler in 1940. But the India speeches have remained obscure, Weidhorn says, because they were made over a much more controversial topic - and, ultimately, a lost cause. 'We would like genius to be discerning and moderate, to be a little more like the rest of us,' Weidhorn writes. 'Few geniuses have been so. If responsible voices in 1931 told Churchill that the Imperial age was over, just as many responsible voices in 1940 said that Hitler could not be beaten.' Nor was Churchill entirely wrong: the religious and class differences he spoke of have divided the old Raj into three separate countries, and upheavals continue. After fifty-nine years, Churchill still offers insight on a troubled subcontinent.\"","brand":"Dragonwyck Publishing, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32066851012678,"sku":"2305404","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2305404.jpg?v=1598454549","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/india-defending-the-jewel-in-the-crown-speeches-and-an-introduction","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}