Throughout his 60 years in politics, Winston Churchill played an enormous part in the direction of the British Empire, even though his career, mirroring his manic depression, ran fantastically high ...

In history’s constant reassessment of heroes, Thomas Jefferson is America’s hardest case. How could the author of the Declaration of Independence also be the slave master of Monticello, a theorist of ...

Another important difference: De Gaulle, who adapted more readily and better than Churchill to the modern world, had a far ...

In the 15 months since Sir Winston Churchill died, books about him have been written by his friend Lady Asquith, his valet Roy Howells, and Son Randolph, who is putting the finishing touches on the ...

Churchill, by Paul Johnson (Viking/Penguin, 192 pp., $24.95) Winston Churchill led the life that many men would love to live. He survived 50 gunfights and drank 20,000 bottles of champagne. He won the ...