Churchill: Man of the Century - Hardcover

From an unpromising start, his political career suffering as many reversals as advances, Winston Churchill emerged as a hero of the 20th century by virtue of leading his nation and its Allies in the fight against dictatorship and tyranny. His passionate conviction that the Third Reich and the other Axis powers could not be trusted ensured the alliance against them held strong even when under the greatest pressure; his doogmatic, belligerent stance was crucial. This biography, by German author Christian Graf von Krockow, aims to show the strengths and inconsistencies of the man without bias or hearsay. Churchill's life is traced from his troubled chldhood, early adventures, World War I, his thoughts on Ireland and India through to the 1939-45 conflict and his years as an elder statesman.