![]() that he can claim the considerable achievement of having assembled enough powerful evidence to support Isaiah Berlin’s judgment of Churchill as ‘the largest human being of our time.’” - The New Yorker “Manchester has such control over a huge and moving narrative, such illumination of character. As Parliament received with jeers and scorn his warnings against the growing Nazi threat, Churchill stood alone-only to be vindicated by history as a beacon of hope amid the gathering storm. Manchester contends that even more than his leadership in combat, Churchill’s finest hour was the uphill battle against appeasement. ![]() ![]() In this powerful biography, the middle volume of William Manchester’s critically acclaimed trilogy, Winston Churchill wages his defining campaign: not against Hitler’s war machine but against his own reluctant countrymen. ![]() Even readers who know the basic story will find much that is new.”- Newsweek “The best Churchill biography this generation. ![]()
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