Churchill Defiant

This biography of Winston Churchill's postwar years was fascinating. Churchill Defiant outlines the triumph and tragedy of the postwar/early Cold War years as Churchill confronts medical setbacks, political defeats and unfinished plans. Thrown out of office as Prime Minister in the middle of the Potsdam talks of 1945 on a tidal Labour party victory over the Conservatives, Churchill must leave important negotiations to lower-level ministers, setting the stage for historical events that continue to impact us today. His continued efforts for high-level peace talks with the Russians were met with opposition from his own Cabinet as well as from a fearful, fumbling Eisenhower. Read this (and perhaps someday, Churchill's own multi-volume memoir of WWII) for a perspective on today's world situation and political intricacies. I wish the author had included photos from key events in the book rather than simply describing them; they would have greatly amplified the text.