Richard M. Langworth founded in 1968 the Churchill Study Unit and its journal, Finest Hour, which he edited for 35 years. Since 2014 he has been Senior Fellow for the Churchill Project at Hillsdale College in Michigan. He lives in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, and Eleuthera, Bahamas.

• Table of ContentsPrefacePart 1. Youth1. “Chief leader of men”2. Jennie’s Indiscretions, Jack’s Parentage3. The Menace of Education4. What Killed Lord Randolph?Part 2. Young Statesman5. Votes for Women6. The Sinking of the Titanic7. The Unpleasantness on Sidney Street8. “The sullen feet of marching men in Tonypandy”9. Ireland: “We could never have done anything without him”Part 3. World War10. “All his war paint”11. The Defense of Antwerp12. “What about the Dardanelles?”13. Losing the Lusi14. America and World War I15. Chemical WarfarePart 4. Between the World Wars16. “Taking more out of alcohol”17. The Bolshevik Menace18. Trial by Jewry19. The Trouble with Mr. Gandhi20. Mussolini, Lawgiver and Jackal21. Hitler as a “Great Contemporary”Part 5. World War22. The Voice They Heard23. “Collar the lot”24. Torturous Topics25. The Bombing of Coventry26. The Second Front Fracas27. Mad Bomber28. Starving the Indians29. The Brain in Spain Was Absent from the Plane30. The Destruction of Monte Cassino31. What to Do About Auschwitz?32. Feeding the OppressedPart 6. Postwar Years33. Spheres of Influence34. Nuking Moscow35. Trouble ’n’ Strife36. On European Union37. The Common TouchAppendix 1. Minor Myths, Fables and Things That Go Bump in the NightAppendix 2. Red Herrings: Mythological Churchill QuotesAppendix 3. The Hillsdale College Churchill ProjectChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“With close attention to detail and context, Langworth effectively demolishes many core myths repeatedly used to launch personal and political assaults against Churchill...the great value of the book is that it invites readers to put Churchill’s decisions and actions into the context that surrounded them. A required addition to any collection on Churchill...essential”— Choice; “this book will be consulted by every person eager to find the truth about one ‘Great Man’ of history”—The International Churchill Society; “absolutely remarkable...both the work of a lifetime and a labor of love...unreservedly recommended...should also be required reading in all Schools of Journalism”—Cercles; “Langworth has taken Churchill out of the clutches of both the worshipful and the iconoclasts, thus giving him over to the appreciative...those who can look at him, warts and all.”—Warren Kimball, Churchill & Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence; “No one knows more about Winston Churchill than Langworth, his vicar on earth. This superb book lays bare the lies, but also reveals new truths about The Greatest Englishman.”—Andrew Roberts, New-York Historical Society; “Langworth, a lifelong student of Churchill, strips away the falsehoods that belittle the personality, the career and the greatness of this giant historical figure.”—Paul Addison, University of Edinburgh.