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It was the disastrous naval attack in March 1915 on the Dardanelles, and the Anzac landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula that April. Churchill learned how to fly a plane before the First World War, and was also involved in the development of both the tank and anti-aircraft defense, but he truly showed his unmatched mettle during his country's darkest moments: "His finest hour was the leadership of Britain when it was most isolated, most threatened, and most weak; when his own courage, determination, and belief in democracy became at one with the nation," writes Gilbert.
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A collection of 198 photos and illustrations, with explanatory text, that chart the course of Winston Churchill’s life, his friends and colleagues, his homes, his work and his travels.
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“In January 1916 he took command of a Scottish battalion which had suffered greatly in the battles of 1915.
But he never feared the telling of his own story. I read the details of his conversations, letters, speeches and actions with a sense that I am studying the most extraordinary person of recent times. You may walk to the right to to the left of a particular tree, and it makes the difference whether you rise to command an Army Corps, or are sent home crippled and paralysed for life.' ”
Martin Says
— Zaki Safra“In these pages we have seen something of the range and variety of Churchill's career.
On several occasions he was nearly killed by shellfire. His career has been the subject of countless books and essays, in which he has sometimes been cavalierly, sometimes harshly, judged. I have no doubt that it is Sir Martin's careful selection of events, and his prose that make this possible, and I wanted to convey my gratitude for this.”
“By far the most lucid, comprehensive and authoritative account of Churchill that has been offered in a single volume.
He had done so triumphantly.” Hugh Brogan, New York Times Book Review
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