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From the "most celebrated and best-loved British historian in America" (Wall Street Journal) , an elegant, concise, and revealing portrait of Winston ChurchillIn Churchill, eminent historian Paul Johnson offers a lively, succinct exploration of one of the most complex and fascinating personalities in history. Winston Churchill's hold on contemporary readers has never slackened, and Johnson's analysis casts new light on his extraordinary life and times. Johnson illuminates the various phases of Churchill's career - from his adventures as a young cavalry officer in the service of the empire to his role as an elder statesman prophesying the advent of the Cold War - and shows how Churchill's immense adaptability and innate pugnacity made him a formidable leader for the better part of a century.