Churchill--a Study in Greatness

From: RUSI Journal | Date: February 1, 2002| Author: Packwood, Allen | Copyright information

CHURCHILL -- A STUDY IN GREATNESS Geoffrey Best L19.95 370 pages Hambledon & London, 2001 ISBN 1 85285 253 4.

This is a book that does exactly what it says on the cover. Geoffrey Best recounts the story of Churchill's life, and makes the case for Churchill's greatness. The book is a conscious effort to answer some of the more critical biographies of Churchill, such as John Charmley's End of Glory or David Irving's Churchill's War. Indeed, even the title is a calculated riposte to ...

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