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As riveting as the man it portrays, Warlord is a masterful, unsparing portrait of Winston Churchill, one of history's most fascinating and influential leaders. ""Epic. . . . A briliantly exciting narrative. . . . D'Este has given us, finally, the lion not only in winter, but at war: impetuous, brazen, misguided, but indefatigable, indomitable, and magnanimous: the greatest and most energetic generalissimo of the 20th century."" --Boston Globe Carlo D'Este's definitive chronicle of Churchill's crucial role in the major military campaigns of the 20th century, Warlord uses extensive, untapped archival materials to provide ""a very human look at Churchill's lifelong fascination with soldiering, war, and command."" (Washington Post)

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Winston Churchill's life spanned the last decades of the British Empire, and to read Carlo D'Este's enjoyable new biography is to recall the sequence of disasters that befell Britain between the final days of the Victorian era and its brush with extinction in World War II. --Robert Kagan, The New York Times Book Review Elegantly written, this tour de force belongs in every library addressing the 20th century. . . . D'Este is a master analyst of 20th-century military leadership, and this book may be his finest yet. . . . He tells the complex story of a statesman and warrior. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) The many biographies of Winston Churchill have tended to paint him from a political perspective. In his new book, military historian Carlo D'Este shifts the focus onto Churchill the military leader and how his passion for wartime endeavors led to the improbable British victory in the Allied cause. --History Wire D'Este astutely lauds Churchill's soldierly courage but questions how Churchill-the-politician acted as, in effect, an operational general. --Booklist (starred review) Carlo D'Este, among our very best military historians, has found in Winston Churchill a subject worthy of his talent. Warlord takes the familiar subject of Churchill's amazing life and makes it glitter anew. --Rick Atkinson Masterful. . . . D'Este provides a blow by blow on all of the events of World War II. He is especially good at rendering the devastation Britain faced during the Blitz and the preparations for the Normandy Invasion. --The Chicago Sun-Times Epic. . . . A briliantly exciting narrative. . . . D'Este has given us, finally, the lion not only in winter, but at war: impetuous, brazen, misguided, but indefatigable, indomitable, and magnanimous: the greatest and most energetic generalissimo of the 20th century. --Nigel Hamilton, The Boston Globe Carlo d'Este, one of the finest historians of the Second World War, brings to his new book all his skills as a military analyst. Even those who think Churchill's life familiar will find this a wonderfully stimulating study. --Max Hastings An engaging narrative. . . . Well-researched, balanced, and highly readable. . . . Carlo D'Este provides us with a very human look at Churchill's lifelong fascination with soldiering, war, and command . . . with an eye for colorful quotation and telling anecdote. --The Washington Post Winston Churchill s life spanned the last decades of the British Empire, and to read Carlo D Este s enjoyable new biography is to recall the sequence of disasters that befell Britain between the final days of the Victorian era and its brush with extinction in World War II. --Robert Kagan, The New York Times Book Review Epic. . . . A briliantly exciting narrative. . . . D Este has given us, finally, the lion not only in winter, but at war: impetuous, brazen, misguided, but indefatigable, indomitable, and magnanimous: the greatest and most energetic generalissimo of the 20th century. --Nigel Hamilton, The Boston Globe An engaging narrative. . . . Well-researched, balanced, and highly readable. . . . Carlo D Este provides us with a very human look at Churchill s lifelong fascination with soldiering, war, and command . . . with an eye for colorful quotation and telling anecdote. --The Washington Post Masterful. . . . D Este provides a blow by blow on all of the events of World War II. He is especially good at rendering the devastation Britain faced during the Blitz and the preparations for the Normandy Invasion. --The Chicago Sun-Times The many biographies of Winston Churchill have tended to paint him from a political perspective. In his new book, military historian Carlo D Este shifts the focus onto Churchill the military leader and how his passion for wartime endeavors led to the improbable British victory in the Allied cause. --History Wire D Este astutely lauds Churchill s soldierly courage but questions how Churchill-the-politician acted as, in effect, an operational general. --Booklist (starred review) Elegantly written, this tour de force belongs in every library addressing the 20th century. . . . D Este is a master analyst of 20th-century military leadership, and this book may be his finest yet. . . . He tells the complex story of a statesman and warrior. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Carlo D Este, among our very best military historians, has found in Winston Churchill a subject worthy of his talent. Warlord takes the familiar subject of Churchill s amazing life and makes it glitter anew. --Rick Atkinson Carlo d Este, one of the finest historians of the Second World War, brings to his new book all his skills as a military analyst. Even those who think Churchill s life familiar will find this a wonderfully stimulating study. --Max Hastings

Elegantly written, this tour de force belongs in every library addressing the 20th century. . . . D'Este is a master analyst of 20th-century military leadership, and this book may be his finest yet. . . . He tells the complex story of a statesman and warrior. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Carlo D'Este, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a distinguished military historian, is the author of the acclaimed biographies Patton: A Genius for War and Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life, among other books on World War II. He lives in Massachusetts.

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