Winston Churchill: Soldier: The Military Life of a Gentleman at War

Winston Churchill set out to become a hero, to make a name for himself as a soldierand prepare the way for a life of politics. This is the first full-length, fully researched biography of Churchill’s colorful military career. Using an unrivaled range of sources, previously unpublished photographs, and detailed maps, it brings to life Churchill’s motives, abilities, experiences, successes, failures, and unswerving sense of destiny as an officer in the British Army.