Churchill: A Study in Greatness

About this book

Winston Churchills inspiring leadership in the Second World War once put him above criticism. In recent years his record has come under attack. In Churchill: A Study in Greatness one of Britains most distinguished historians makes sense of this extraordinary man and his long controversial colourful contradictory and heroic career. What was at the heart of him? Was he a romantic or a realist? How central was his part in Britains survival and in the defeat of Hitler? Geoffrey Best brings out both his strengths and his weaknesses looking past the many received versions of Churchill in a biography that balances the private and the public man and offers a fresh insight into his character.