Boris Johnson in 100 Facts - Softcover

Wolfe, Eugene L.

 
9781398103443: Boris Johnson in 100 Facts
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1398103446 ISBN 13: 9781398103443
Verlag: Amberley Publishing, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

The existential tension of a book of 100 facts about Boris Johnson is the man s relationship to facts.The product of Britain s top schools, he clearly knows better. But he has thrived less through displays of a hard-won and formidable erudition than by shading, exaggerating, or outright misstating the truth. Although he idolizes Winston Churchill, he has much more in common with US President Donald Trump. By creating a brand, a shtick, a persona, BoJo has transformed himself from a disgraced journalist into the most popular politician in Britain. Known for introducing Boris Bikes and Boris Buses while Mayor of London, Johnson s most lasting legacy is likely to stem from his creation of Boris Facts, assertions of verisimilitude instead of veracity. By propagating these quasi-truths, an Old Etonian who had spent years living abroad managed to become, improbably, a champion of Little England, a motive force behind Brexit, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.His story, like the man himself, is fascinating, hilarious and scarcely believable.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

After earning a PhD from the University of Chicago, Eugene L. Wolfe taught political science at DePaul, the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and Northwestern. Originally intrigued by parliamentary violence in the context of post-war Japan, he began researching the British case after moving to England in 2007.

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Verlag
Amberley Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1398103446
ISBN 13 
9781398103443
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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