Churchill A Study in Greatness |
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| Author:
| Best, Geoffrey |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-516139-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2003 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.32AUD $51.95 |
Book Description:
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Becoming Prime Minister on the very day that Hitler invaded France, Churchill's inspiring leadership left him above criticism for many years. Recently, however, his record has come under attack. In Churchill: A Study in Greatness, one of Britain's most distinguished historians makes sense of this extraordinary man, and his long, controversial, colorful, contradictory, and heroic career. Geoffrey Best illuminates both his strengths and his weaknesses, looking past the many received...
More DescriptionBecoming Prime Minister on the very day that Hitler invaded France, Churchill's inspiring leadership left him above criticism for many years. Recently, however, his record has come under attack. In Churchill: A Study in Greatness, one of Britain's most distinguished historians makes sense of this extraordinary man, and his long, controversial, colorful, contradictory, and heroic career. Geoffrey Best illuminates both his strengths and his weaknesses, looking past the many received versions of Churchill, in a biography that balances the private and the public man and offers clear insight into what made him truly great.