Winston Churchill

A Life

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  • One
  • of
  • the
  • greatest
  • historians
  • writing
  • today
  • gives
  • us
  • a
  • defining
  • portrait
  • of
  • the
  • incomparable
  • Winston
  • ChurchillIn
  • his
  • landmark
  • biography
  • of
  • Winston
  • Churchill,
  • acclaimed
  • historian
  • John
  • Keegan
  • offers
  • a
  • very
  • human
  • portrait
  • of
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • twentieth
  • century's
  • enduring
  • symbols
  • of
  • heroic
  • defiance.
  • From
  • Churchill's
  • youth
  • as
  • a
  • poor
  • student
  • to
  • his
  • leadership
  • during
  • World
  • War
  • II,
  • Keegan
  • reveals
  • a
  • man
  • whose
  • own
  • idea
  • of
  • an
  • English
  • past—eloquently
  • embodied
  • in
  • his
  • speeches—allowed
  • him
  • to
  • exhort
  • a
  • nation
  • to
  • unprecedented
  • levels
  • of
  • sacrifice.
  • The
  • result
  • is
  • a
  • uniquely
  • discerning
  • look
  • at
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • fascinating
  • personalities
  • in
  • history.“The
  • best
  • military
  • historian
  • of
  • our
  • generation.”
  • –Tom Clancy
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