Paul Bede Johnson

Paul Johnson (rechts) nach Verleihung der Presidential Medal of Freedom am 15. Dezember 2006

Paul Bede Johnson (* 2. November 1928 in Manchester, England) ist ein britischer Journalist, Historiker und Autor. Er hat über 40 Bücher geschrieben und war Mitarbeiter und später Chefredakteur des New Statesman. 2006 erhielt er die Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Bücher

Allgemein

• 1957 Conviction MacGibbon & Kee (contribution: "A Sense of Outrage" pp202–17, mit Brian Abel-Smith, Nigel Calder, Richard Hoggart, Mervyn Jones, Norman Mackenzie (ed), Peter Marris, Iris Murdoch Peter Shore, Hugh Thomas, Peter Townsend & Raymond Williams)
• 1957 The Suez War MacGibbon & Kee
• 1958 Journey Into Chaos MacGibbon & Kee [Western Policy in the Middle East]
• 1971 Statesmen And Nations Sidgwick & Jackson
• 1977 Enemies of Society Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1980 The Recovery of Freedom (Mainstream Series) Basil Blackwell
• 1981 The Best of Everything - Animals, Business, Drink, Travel, Food, Literature, Medicine, Playtime, Politics, Theatre, Young World, Art, Communications, Law and Crime, Films, Pop Culture, Sport, Women's Fashion, Men's Fashion, Music, Military (ed by William Davis) - contributor
• 1985 The Pick of Paul Johnson Harrap
• 1986 The Oxford Book Of Political Anecdotes (2nd ed 1991) Oxford University Press
• 1988 Intellectuals Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1994 The Quotable Paul Johnson A Topical Compilation of His Wit, Wisdom and Satire (George J. Marlin, Richard P. Rabatin, Heather Higgins (Editors)) 1994 Noonday Press/1996 Atlantic Books(US)
• 1994 Wake Up Britain - a Latter-day Pamphlet Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1996 To Hell with Picasso & Other Essays: Selected Pieces from “The Spectator” Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 2009 Churchill (biography, 192 pages)^[1]

Kunst

• 1993 Gerald Laing : Portraits Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd (with Gerald Laing & David Mellor MP)
• 1999 Julian Barrow's London Fine Art Society
• 2003 Art: A New History Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Geschichte

• 1972 The Offshore Islanders: England's People from Roman Occupation to the Present/to European Entry [1985ed as History of the English People; 1998ed as Offshore Islanders: A History of the English People] Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1974 Elizabeth I: a Study in Power and Intellect Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1974 The Life and Times of Edward III Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1976 Civilizations of the Holy Land Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1977 Education of an Establishment in The World Of the Public School (pp13–28), edited by George MacDonald Fraser, Weidenfeld & Nicolson /St Martins Press (US edition)
• 1978 The Civilization of Ancient Egypt Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1981 Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day [as ...Land of Troubles 1980 Eyre Methuen] Granada
• 1983 A History of the Modern World from 1917 to the 1980s Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• 1984 Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the 1980s Weidenfeld & Nicolson [later, ...Present Time and ...Year 2000 2005 ed] Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1987 Gold Fields A Centenary Portrait Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1987 The History of the Jews [2001ed] Weidenfeld & Nicolson (later editions titled A History of the Jews)
• 1991 The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1996 The Holocaust Phoenix [pages 482 to 517 of A History of the Jews]
• 1997 A History of the American People Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 0-06-093034-9 [1]
• 2002 The Renaissance [: A Short History *] Weidenfeld & Nicolson/*Random House (USA)
• 2002 Napoleon (Lives S.) Weidenfeld & Nicolson [2003 Phoenix pbk]
• 2005 George Washington: The Founding Father (Eminent Lives Series) Atlas Books
• 2006 Creators HarperCollins Publishers (USA) ISBN 0-06-019143-0
• 2007 Heroes HarperCollins Publishers (USA) ISBN 978-0-06-114316-8; ISBN 0-06-114316-2; HarperCollins Publishing link to book

Memoiren

• 2004 The Vanished Landscape: A 1930s Childhood in the Potteries Weidenfeld & Nicolson: ISBN 978-0753819333
• 2010 Brief Lives Hutchinson

Romane

• 1959 Left of Centre MacGibbon & Kee ["Left Of Centre describes the meeting of a Complacent Young Man with an Angry Old City"]
• 1964 Merrie England MacGibbon & Kee

Religion

• 1975 Pope John XXIII Hutchinson
• 1977 A History of Christianity Weidenfeld & Nicolson /1976 Simon & Schuster /Atheneum (USA)
• 1982 Pope John Paul II And The Catholic Restoration St Martins Press
• 1996 The Quest for God: A Personal Pilgrimage Weidenfeld & Nicolson/HarperCollins (USA)
• 1997 The Papacy Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Reisen

• 1973 The Highland Jaunt Collins (with George Gale)
• 1974 A Place in History: Places & Buildings Of British History Omega [Thames TV (UK) tie-in]
• 1978 National Trust Book of British Castles Granada Paperback [1992 Weidenfeld ed as Castles Of England, Scotland And Wales]
• 1980 British Cathedrals Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• 1984 The Aerofilms Book of London from the Air Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Einzelnachweise

1. ↑ Jonathan Foreman, Winston Churchill, Distilled, Wall Street Journal, 10 December 2009, p. D6

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