Churchill and Company: Allies and Rivals in War and Peace

‘David Dilks is more than a pre-eminent historian of Churchill. For decades he has known friends and colleagues of Churchill and has a comprehensive grasp of the literature. His tempered view encompasses Churchill occasionally as a domineering bully, and sometimes as a despondent politician, but almost always as a buoyant, inspiring and high-spirited personality with creative imagination and energy of mind as well as body. Churchill and Company offers fresh and original insight into the most remarkable statesman of the twentieth century.'(Wm. Roger Louis, Kerr Chair in English History and Culture and Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin)

‘David Dilks… throws an unusually vivid light on Churchill’s personality and leaves one feeling: ‘Yes, that is what he was really like.” –(The Tablet)

‘An illuminating study of Churchill from many angles, including some little explored.’ –(Choice

‘David Dilks… is one of the very few historians still writing who knew most of the people close to Churchill, including Anthony Eden (for whom he worked), Harold Macmillan, Oliver Lyttelton and some of the generals… he brings to this collection of essays the sense of context which we younger readers need. He understands how Churchill seemed to his contemporaries… Prof Dilks’s version is fair, entertaining and succinct.’ –(Daily Telegraph)

‘An illuminating study of Churchill from many angles, including some little explored.’ –(Choice

‘David Dilks… is one of the very few historians still writing who knew most of the people close to Churchill, including Anthony Eden (for whom he worked), Harold Macmillan, Oliver Lyttelton and some of the generals… he brings to this collection of essays the sense of context which we younger readers need. He understands how Churchill seemed to his contemporaries… Prof Dilks’s version is fair, entertaining and succinct.’ –(Daily Telegraph)