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A charmer and a bully, Winston Churchill was motivated by a perception that the British were a superior race whose goals went beyond individual pursuits to provide an long lasting good to the entire world. No better example is out there than Churchill's deal with to standalone against a more powerful Hitler in 1940 while the world's democracies dropped with their knees. But there was also the Churchill who frequently inveighed against human privileges, nationalism, and constitutional progress - the imperialist who could observe racism and thought India was unsuited to democracy. Drawing on newly released documents and an uncanny capability to separate the reality from the overblown reputation (by mid-career Churchill acquired turn into a global brand), Richard Toye provides the first comprehensive evaluation of Churchill's marriage with the empire. Rather than locating Churchill's position on a straightforward left/right spectrum, Toye demonstrates how the statesman evolved and challenges the listener to understand his need to reconcile the needs of conscience with those of political conformity.
