num_pages: 304
description: Was churchill as a great a wartime leader as he has hitherto been made out? john keegan discusses the view of the soldiers such as alanbrooke, his wartime chief of staff, and considers churchill the politician who surprisingly got it wrong so often, not least in the 1945 election keegan also writes vividly about churchills upbringing and his ambitious streak, which emerged early on and led him into the army and the boer war keegans enjoyable, challenging and intelligent contribution shows that churchills is a never-ending storyas well as being one of the countrys greatest experts on the second world war, keegan is a superbly accessible writer witty, opinionated, but above all authoritative andrew roberts, mail on sunday
language: English
title: Churchill : A Life
titlecomplete: Churchill : A Life
characters: Winston Churchill
genres: Biography, History, British Literature, Politics, World War II, Historical, Leadership, War, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 1106
publisher: PHOENIX PAPERBACK