Landscape for a lifetime : Winston, Woodstock, and Oxfordshire -- Cadet to frontier soldier : warrior and writer -- Pundit and politician : a rising star -- High office : war on land and sea -- Home and colonial : new nations, strikes, and gold -- Man of Kent : a frenzied unemployment -- War machine : the management of global conflict -- A higher vision : postwar government and a changing world -- Symbol of a nation -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"To many observers, Winston Churchill was the savior of his nation, ever of Western civilization: 'the greatest Briton' who ever lived. Detractors might agree with Evelyn Waugh, who described Churchill as 'always in the wrong, surrounded by crooks, a terrible father, a radio personality.' Historian Ashley Jackson lucidly and entertainingly describes the contours and contradictions of Churchill's remarkable life and career as a soldier, politician, historian, journalist, painter, and homemaker. From ambitious subaltern to high-flying minister, Cabinet outcast to elder statesman, war strategist to bestselling memoirist, this exceptionally engaging account captures the eternally fascinating story of Winston Churchill's appointment with destiny"--Page 4 of cover.
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