X 2009 is the 70th anniversary of the
outbreak of World War II
X Churchill is still regarded as one of
the greatest British leaders of the
Twentieth Century
X National leadership is currently a
hotly debated topic
X Focuses on Churchill’s wartime
decisions and achievements
WINSTON CHURCHILL
WAR LEADER
BILL PRICE
During his long and extraordinary life, Winston and politicians still hold him in the highest
Churchill was a central figure in almost all of regard.
the tumultuous events of the first half of the
This book looks at some of the key moments in
twentieth century. He was a soldier, writer and
Churchill’s life, including his role in the British
politician and, after the Second World War, he
Army’s last cavalry charge in the Battle of
became one of the world’s greatest statesmen.
Omdurman and his escape from a prisoner of
But his reputation rests on his role as a war
war camp during the Boer War, then focuses on
leader and, in particular, on the period between
those times when Churchill’s courage and force
May 1940 and July 1941, when Britain stood
of character almost single-handedly dragged
alone against Nazi Germany.
Britain back from the brink of defeat, making
Since his death in 1965, a few dissenting voices him, in the eyes of many people, one of the
have cast his role as, amongst other things, an greatest of all Great Britons...
opportunist and war-monger. But, as flawed as
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he undoubtedly was, most modern historians
AVAILABLE JULY 2009
‘Crown Octavo’ Format
Bill Price grew up on a farm in Herefordshire, not (186 X 124mm) 160pp
far from Hay-on-Wye. He worked in the book trade
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in Hay and London for almost twenty years and is
ISBN: 978-1-84243-322-5
now a freelance writer, with a particular interest in
archaeology and ancient history. He is the author
of Pocket Essentials on Tutankhamun, Celtic Myths
and Darwin.
www.pocketessentials.com/history/winstonchurchill/
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