As prime minister of great britain from 1940 to 1945, winston Churchill was not only the most powerful player in World War II, but also the Free World's most eloquent voice of defiance in the face of nazi tyranny. Church...As prime minister of great britain from 1940 to 1945, winston Churchill was not only the most powerful player in World War II, but also the Free World's most eloquent voice of defiance in the face of nazi tyranny. Churchill's epic accounts of those times, remarkable for their grand sweep and incisive firsthand observations, are distilled here in a single essential volume.