A landmark reconsideration of the iconoclastic war leader, based on extensive new material, from private letters to war cabinet meetings, by the bestselling, award-winning author of and. When we seek an example of unallo...A landmark reconsideration of the iconoclastic war leader, based on extensive new material, from private letters to war cabinet meetings, by the bestselling, award-winning author of and. When we seek an example of unalloyed courage, the man who comes to mind is winston churchill: the visionary leader, immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him.