His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill Paperback / softback
by Christopher Catherwood
Part of the Brief Histories series
Paperback / softback
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'A gem. Brief, authoritative and fair in its judgements - an intensely readable introduction to this most complex and fascinating man' - Graham Farmelo, award-winning author of The Strangest ManA new and dynamic reappraisal of Winston Churchill, and his finest hour in 1940-1. Who was Winston Churchill? Even fifity years after his death he is one of the most iconic figures in British history: as a young man he was a maverick journalist, his many positions in politics before 1940 marked him out as a courageous but foolhardy man.
Yet it is Churchill's record in war, which has recently been questioned, that confirms his genius as a military commander and national leader Â- someone who understood the dangers of Nazi Germany before 1939; someone uniquely capable to lead the empire through the turmoil of the Second World War.
Catherwood argues that it was Churchill's stand in 1940-41 that saved Britain and only he was able to bring together the allies that eventually defeated Hitler in 1945. Catherwood has produced a challenging yet accessible reassessment of the life and career of Winston Churchill, lion of British history and flawed hero.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:24/06/2010
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- ISBN:9781849010849
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication Date:24/06/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781849010849
