Churchill's Shadow av Geoffrey Wheatcroft

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<p><b>''Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining...For any reader tired of the seemlingly endless round of Churchill-worship'' Robert Harris<br><br>A radical biography for a new generation</b><br><br>In A.J.P. Taylor''s words, Churchill was ''the saviour of his country'' when he became prime minister in 1940. Yet he was also a deeply flawed character.<br><br>Giving due credit to Churchill''s achievements but making no secret of his failures, Geoffrey Wheatcroft takes a radically different approach to other biographies. Going far beyond a reappraisal of a life and a career, he reveals the complex shadow Churchill has cast over post-war British history and contemporary politics.<br><br>Telling the story of Churchill''s extraordinary life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy, <i>Churchill''s Shadow</i> focuses on how we as a nation have been living in the grip of his self-written myth ever since his death.<br><br><b>''This is the indispensable biography of Churchill for th