![]() Despite Churchill’s unparalleled popularity, his Conservative party was defeated in July 1945. While FDR left war to his generals, Churchill poured out ideas, many of them imaginative failures (the bloody landing at Anzio) or simply bad (early opposition to invading France). ![]() joined, Britain’s role declined but not Churchill’s energy. During his first year, when Britain fought Nazi Germany alone, Churchill, say the authors, may have saved civilization. Yet his vitality, charisma, and self-assurance made him a perfect leader in a crisis. Sixty-five when he became Britain’s prime minister in 1940, Churchill remained a Victorian aristocrat, self-indulgent, coddled by servants. ![]() The long-delayed majestic account of Winston Churchill’s last 25 years is worth the wait. Before his death in 2004, an ill Manchester asked former Cox newspapers journalist Reid to take his research notes and finish writing the final volume of his trilogy. ![]()
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