Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts is a
stirring and detailed biography of one of the great leaders of the twentieth century. This books rings like a church bell
now in a time when real leadership is as hard to find as a dodo
bird. One can’t help reading this book and
see that we need a person like Churchill.
But Roberts’ book is not hagiography; it is a critical treatment of the man, and examines his numerous character flaws and mistakes. Yet we come away from this book with the
notion that Churchill was a very unique person who through some strange alchemy could turn his personal
foibles and setbacks into political capital (much like Lincoln).
Roberts provides us with an account of a man larger than
life, and contextualizes that life – but the context does nothing to diminish the man; and our current, anemic
leaders are a disgrace by comparison.
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