Churchill at War

by Martin Gilbert

Published in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum, "Churchill at War" is an extraordinary photographic collection that reveals the many sides of this remarkable man during the Second World War. Featuring 200 photographs, all of which are taken from the Imperial War Museum's incomparable archives and supported by informative and authoritative text by Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, "Churchill at War" focuses on Churchill's inspirational leadership during the Second World War and the final overthrow of Nazism in 1945. In times of conflict, it is to Churchill that the leaders of the free world turn for inspiration. This collection of images, some previously unpublished, evokes the essence of Churchill the great wartime leader with exceptional clarity.

Genres: Biography, World War II, History

160 pages, Hardcover

First published February 3, 2015

About the author

The official biographer of Winston Churchill and a leading historian on the Twentieth Century, Sir Martin Gilbert was a scholar and an historian who, though his 88 books, has shown there is such a thing as “true history”

Born in London in 1936, Martin Gilbert was educated at Highgate School, and Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours. He was a Research Scholar at St Anthony's College, and became a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford in 1962, and an Honorary Fellow in 1994. After working as a researcher for Randolph Churchill, Gilbert was chosen to take over the writing of the Churchill biography upon Randolph's death in 1968, writing six of the eight volumes of biography and editing twelve volumes of documents. In addition, Gilbert has written pioneering and classic works on the First and Second World Wars, the Twentieth Century, the Holocaust, and Jewish history.
Gilbert drove every aspect of his books, from finding archives to corresponding with eyewitnesses and participants that gave his work veracity and meaning, to finding and choosing illustrations, drawing maps that mention each place in the text, and compiling the indexes. He travelled widely lecturing and researching, advised political figures and filmmakers, and gave a voice and a name “to those who fought and those who fell.”

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Reviews

[Steven Godin · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the British woke lefties - in particular the snowflake millennials - trying to discredit and erase the memory of this great man are a laughable lot. Do they not realise had it not been for Churhill they just might have become part of that Aryan master race, or not even be here at all. What a leader. Some great images in this book that make me proud to be British. I'll take a cigar now, thanks.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly, Churchill at War: His "Finest Hour" in Photographs 1940-1945 reads like a really good conversation with someone who's smarter than you but doesn't make you feel dumb. Martin Gilbert keeps things clear and a little funny. Some chapters feel like filler, but the best ones are worth the whole book. Recommended for anyone new to the topic, skip if you're already deep in it.

[Jeff Elliott · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have always been impressed by Churchill. This small photo book doesn't add much substantial other than I realized the timeline on his being voted out as Prime Minister. V-E day was April 1945 and his party was voted out that July. This observation leads to my favorite quote from the book:
-When someone said to Churchill that the vote was a sign of the people's "ingratitude", he replied, "I wouldn't call it that. They have had a very hard time."