Winston Churchill

<p>Although remembered and even lauded in the public mind as the British prime minister during the Second World War who played a major role in Allied victory over the Axis Powers and Japan Winston Churchill had a life and political career before 1939 conditioned by fighting other wars and in peacetime thinking about war. While historians debate his achievements and failures between 1939 and 1945 a less explored dimension is Churchill’s earlier connexion with war and warfare. This book explores Churchill’s earlier experience in fighting wars as a soldier and politician.</p>