I recently finished this book by Max Hastings. It's an exceptional read and despite reading the behemoth of Jenkins' "Churchill" about 4 years ago, Hastings' was really more the eye-opener.
Hastings took a deeper and fresh study into Churchill that I'd not ever read or heard before, at least during the war years. He's much more boldly open and honest about Churchill and his bunglings, not merely what made "WSC" the only man who could've lead England through such a period.
Churchill isn't the only subject he touches on: Hastings also goes into great detail on animosities between the American & British militaries, Franklin Roosevelt's startling coldness and aloofness towards our British ally, and Churchill, FDR's blind eye to Soviet tyranny and aggression, and just how much Winston was a war-based PM almost totally unconcerned about domestic matters.
It's captivating to read what his Chiefs of Staff, his cabinet, and many ordinary citizens thought of him and their country's destiny & circumstance during those violent years of the first half of the 1940's.
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