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A Note to the Reader xi
Introduction: Born for War xiii
Prologue: May 10, 1940 1
Chapter 1 Toy Soldiers 5
Chapter 2 "A Barren and Unhappy Period of My Life" 15
Chapter 3 Sandhurst 27
Chapter 4 A Young Man on the Make: The Fourth Queen's Own Hussars 39
Chapter 5 The Jewel of Empire: India, 1896-1897 50
Chapter 6 A Taste of War: The North-West Frontier, 1897 62
Chapter 7 Soldier of Fortune 75
Chapter 8 Omdurman 84
Chapter 9 David Versus Goliath 98
Chapter 10 The Boer War 108
Chapter 11 The Great Escapade 120
Chapter 12 "The red Gleam of War 134
Chapter 13 Lessons Learned 142
Chapter 14 Star Bright 150
Chapter 15 The Odd Couple 163
Chapter 16 "Alarm Bells Throughout Europe" 174
Chapter 17 First Lord of the Admiralty 185
Chapter 18 Lighting the Bonfire 198
Chapter 19 The Architect of War 212
Chapter 20 Churchill's Private Army 226
Chapter 21 "Damn the Dardanelles! They Will be Our Grave." 237
Chapter 22 The Reckoning 251
Chapter 23 Penance 263
Chapter 24 "In Flanders Fields" 277
Chapter 25 "Winston's Folly" 287
Chapter 26 "A Hopelessly Obsolete, Old-Fashioned Warrior" 299
Chapter 27 The Shame of Munich 312
Chapter 28 "Bring Back Churchill" 322
Chapter 29 "Winston is Back" 334
Chapter 30 Warlord in Waiting 344
Chapter 31 The Norway Debacle 353
Chapter 32 The Loneliest Man in Britain 367
Chapter 33 "Action This Day" 377
Chapter 34 Minister of Defense 388
Chapter 35 The Central War Room 400
Chapter 36 Disaster in Flanders Fields 411
Chapter 37 Deliverance 422
Chapter 38 "Don't Give Way to Fear" 432
Chapter 39 "What a Summer to Waste on War" 444
Chapter 40 "Set Europe Ablaze" 452
Chapter 41London Burning 466
Chapter 42 Wavell on the Hot Seat 482
Chapter 43 The President and the "Former Naval Person" 497
Chapter 44 Mediterranean Misadventures 509
Chapter 45 Disaster in Crete 520
Chapter 46 The Endless Desert War 533
Chapter 47 "Colonel Shrapnel" 547
Chapter 48 Chickens Roosting in the Far East 557
Chapter 49 The Quest for Generalship 572
Chapter 50 Getting it Right 580
Chapter 51 Alamein: The Turning Point 595
Chapter 52 Ike 603
Chapter 53 Torch and Casablanca 608
Chapter 54 Down the Garden Path 615
Chapter 55 Amid the Ruins of Carthage 627
Chapter 56 The Strategic Air Campaign 639
Chapter 57 Stranding the Whale 649
Chapter 58 Overlord at Last 659
Chapter 59 Summer of Discontent 669
Chapter 60 Victory 683
Postscript 694
Epilogue: The Last Farewell-A Look Back 696
Notes 701
Sources and Selected Bibliography 795
Acknowledgments 809
Index 813
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reviewed Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945 on July 26, 2012 Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945
There's a whole collection of Churchill biographies out there and I've enjoyed so many. This one stands out for its focus on military strategy and on Churchill's one-of-a-kind personality. I think the author did an exceptional job of drawing a line between Churchill's tendencies towards depression or mania and his brilliance or foolishness as a commander. There are lessons for ever leader throughout.
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