Winston Churchill, soldier
Subtitle: the military life of a gentleman at war
By: Douglas S. Russell ; foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert.
Publisher: Brassey's; Distributed in North America by Casemate Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Havertown, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965 -- Military leadership; Great Britain. Army -- Officers -- Biography; Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Making extensive use of the contemporary accounts of Churchill and his fellow soldiers and archival documents from three continents, illustrated with many maps and previously unpublished photographs, Douglas S. Russell vividly brings to life the military career of the vigorous young officer of hussars who later became the greatest Briton of the twentieth century. From Sandhurst to the mountainous North-West Frontier of India, to the charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, from the South African veldt to the deadly trench warfare of the Great War, the author -- whom Sir Martin Gilbert calls 'a keen portraitist' -- tells the gripping story of Churchill's army life with careful attention to historical detail and all the drama that the real life adventures of his subject deserve"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-472) and index.