Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord 1940-45 by Max Hastings (Harper Press, £25)

11:26am Saturday 14th November 2009

By Gavin Engelbrecht

WINSTON Churchill has had tomes written by him and about him, yet Hastings has managed to take a well-worn subject and injected it with new life.

This is an absorbing account. While acknowledging Churchill’s strengths, Hastings does not shirk when it comes to highlighting his strategic failures. A worthy addition to the period.

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