In his extensively researched biography of the early years of Winston Churchill, author John Harte examines a whirlwind of political instability that swept through Europe. He presents little-known insight into Churchill's role as both a government official and a front-line soldier during the First World War. -Stephen L. Moore, author of As Good as Dead Equally ... Read moreinformative and entertaining, Churchill the Young Warrior covers the formative period of one of the most formidable and influential figures of the twentieth century. In stylish prose and with a perceptive eye for color, detail, and context, Mr. Harte follows Churchill the soldier, journalist, and politician, highlighting his adventures in India, the Sudan, and South Africa, his early years in Parliament, his service as First Lord of the British Admiralty (1911-15), and his subsequent posting to France as an officer of fusiliers. The author parallels Churchill's public career and private life with a trenchant analysis of the political, military, diplomatic, economic, social, and cultural climate that simultaneously invigorated and roiled Europe during the three decades leading up to the Great War. -Edward Longacre, author of General Ulysses S. Grant, the Soldier and the Man An entertaining new look at one of history's most fascinating characters . . . Harte's perspective on the great man adds considerably to the Churchill legend. -Philip Kaplan, author of Grey Wolves: The U-Boat War 1939-1945 In his extensively researched biography of the early years of Winston Churchill, author John Harte examines a whirlwind of political instability that swept through Europe. He presents little-known insight into Churchill's role as both a government official and a front-line soldier during the First World War. -Stephen L. Moore, author of As Good as Dead Equally informative and entertaining, Churchill the Young Warrior covers the formative period of one of the most formidable and influential figures of the twentieth century. In stylish prose and with a perceptive eye for color, detail, and context, Mr. Harte follows Churchill the soldier, journalist, and politician, highlighting his adventures in India, the Sudan, and South Africa, his early years in Parliament, his service as First Lord of the British Admiralty (1911-15), and his subsequent posting to France as an officer of fusiliers. The author parallels Churchill's public career and private life with a trenchant analysis of the political, military, diplomatic, economic, social, and cultural climate that simultaneously invigorated and roiled Europe during the three decades leading up to the Great War. -Edward Longacre, author of General Ulysses S. Grant, the Soldier and the Man An entertaining new look at one of history's most fascinating characters . . . Harte's perspective on the great man adds considerably to the Churchill legend. -Philip Kaplan, author of Grey Wolves: The U-Boat War 1939-1945 Show Less