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Author Stephen Wynn published the book “Churchill's Flawed Decisions: Errors in Office of The Greatest Briton†in 2020. Mr. Wynn has published more than 40 books.
I received an ARC of this novel through https://www.netgalley.com in return for a fair and honest review. I categorize this novel as "G". The book looks at several of Winston Churchill's more controversial decisions.
While the scope of time begins before WWII and ends afterward, much of the book focuses on the war years.
I enjoyed the 4.5 hours I spent reading this 173-page history. I found little new material in the book, but it did give a comprehensive overview of Churchill's questionable decisions. This is the fourth book (the others are: City of London at War 1939-45, The Lancastria Tragedy: Sinking and Cover-up, and VCs of the Second World War: Ten Stories of Bravery and Courage) by Mr. Wynn that I have read. I have enjoyed all of them. I do like the cover art. I give this novel a 3.5 (rounded up to a 4) out of 5.
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I really enjoy reading historical non-fiction, specifically that of British History in war times, and this was a really interested read. I enjoyed that it wasn't a book blowing smoke up Churchill's arse and spoke honestly about the mistakes he made and just general bad calls that he made. I liked how this book went chronologically through history and reviewing those bad decisions made and the horrible consequences of those decisions, that never tended to truly affect Churchill as much as others.
The only thing I didn't enjoy about this book were the couple of times the author speculated about how Churchill would've been or felt, I don't really like this kind of author commentary in a completely factual non-fiction, but I enjoyed the book overall.