Churchill
New York : Viking, 2009.
Format: Book
Description: 181 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson shows how Churchill's immense adaptability combined with his natural pugnacity to make him a formidable leader for the better part of a century. Rich with anecdote and quotation, Johnson's narrative illustrates the British statesman's humor, resilience, courage, and eccentricity as no other biography before.
Contents:
Young thruster -- Liberal statesman -- The lessons of failure -- Success and disasters -- The unregarded prophet -- Supreme power and frustration -- Glorious twilight.
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
ISBN:
0670021059 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168) and index.