Martin gilbert churchill a life

Keeping the same balance of personal and political, this abridged version of the acclaimed Churchill, A Life, uses Churchill’s most personal letters and the recollections of his contemporaries, both friends and enemies, to go behind the scenes of some of the stormiest and most fascinating political events of the Twentieth Century, dominated by two world wars, and culminating in the era of the Iron Curtain and the hydrogen bomb.

From Churchill's speech while receiving an honorary degree from Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 5 May 1946: “In words that were broadcast throughout the United States, Churchill spoke of the 'supreme task and duty' of American democracy, and of the English-speaking world, 'to guard the homes of the common people from the horrors and miseries of another war'.

The United Nations must be made to work effectively, 'to be a force for action, and no