I liked this breezy essay by Paul Johnson on just how great Churchill really was, but was left wondering what exactly was the point of the exercise?
Johnson's praise for all things Churchill is so lavish I'm not certain "worshipful" really captures it. Johnson speaks of his own childhood remembrances of Churchill's speeches and deeds, and at times the book indeed feels like an intellectual fan letter, steeped in nostalgia and memories of youth.
I'm not taking anything away from as titanic and large a figure as Churchill -- he looms over the 20th century, deservedly so.
But Johnson's short look adds little to the historical record and remains the kind of thing you would like best if you were both a Churchill and Johnson fan.Get more detail about Churchill.
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