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Leo Amery nació en Gorakhpur, India, de padre inglés y madre de ascendencia judía húngara. Su padre era Charles Frederick Amery (1833–1901), de Lustleigh, Devon, oficial de la Comisión Forestal de la India.
Leo Amery was at the helm of this revolt, but he was not alone. His prolific writings demonstrate that he was one of the most stalwart and consistent British anti-internationalist imperialists: from the moment he joined Joseph Chamberlain’s campaign against free trade in 1903 all the way through the aftermath of the Second World War, when he ...
IN the introduction to his magisterial 1979 overview of the Boer War, Thomas Pakenham noted that the history of the conflict for the past seventy years had been dominated by two contemporary works ; The Times History of the War in South Africa, edited by Leo Amery, and Sir Frederick Maurice's (official) History of the War in South Africa.
Leo Amery was at the helm of this revolt, but he was not alone. His prolific writings demonstrate that he was one of the most stalwart and consistent British anti-internationalist imperialists: from the moment he joined Joseph Chamberlain’s campaign against free trade in 1903 all the way through the aftermath of the Second World War, when he ...
Nestas observações, Amery atacou o primeiro-ministro, Neville Chamberlain, pela incompetência na luta contra a Alemanha de Hitler. Muitos dos contemporâneos parlamentares de Amery apontaram este discurso como um dos principais impulsionadores da divisão da Câmara no dia seguinte, 8 de maio, o que levou à expulsão de Chamberlain do cargo e à sua substituição por Winston Churchill .
9 de jun. de 2018 · The Times History of the War in South Africa, edited by Leo Amery, and Sir Frederick Maurice’s (oficial) History of the War in South Africa.1 Indeed, until Pakenham’s study, little serious research into the conflict had been undertaken. Although there had been brief revivals of interest in the 1930s, with Ian Hamilton’s Anti-Commando and J. F. C. Fuller’s The Last of the Gentlemen’s ...
31 de oct. de 2017 · This time, however, I went on a personal journey, to discover the role played by an ancestor of mine: Leopold, or Leo, Amery.
