Churchill: The Power of Words: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches

Winston Churchill knew the power of words. In public speeches and published books in newspaper and magazine articles he expressed his feelings and laid out his vision for the future. His wartime writings and speeches have fascinated generation after generation with their powerful narrative style and thoughtful reflection. This book contains one hundred extracts from his books articles and speeches. They range from his memories of his schooldays to his contributions to the debates on social policy and on war his contributions in both world wars to the events and discourse and his efforts after 1945 to see the world a better place. Martin Gilbert Churchills official biographer has chosen passages that express to him the essence of Churchills thoughts and which describein his own inimitable wordsthe main adventures of his life and the main crises of his career with Gilberts own introduction and interlinking text. They give from first