‎'‎He writes with gusto‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎the result is a book that is never boring‎,‎ genuinely clever ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎this book sizzles‎.‎‎'‎ The Times ‎'‎The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference‎.‎‎'‎ Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill‎'‎s death‎,‎ Boris Johnson explores what makes up the ‎'‎Churchill Factor‎'‎ ‎- the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century‎.‎ Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality‎,‎ he portrays ‎- with characteristic wit and passion‎-a man of multiple contradictions‎,‎ contagious bravery‎,‎ breath‎-taking eloquence‎,‎ matchless strategizing‎,‎ and deep humanity‎.‎ Fearless on the battlefield‎,‎ Churchill had to be ordered by the King to stay out of action on D‎-Day‎;‎ he embraced large‎-scale strategic bombing‎,‎ yet hated the destruction of war and scorned politicians who had not experienced its horrors‎.‎ He was a celebrated journalist‎,‎ a great orator and won the Nobel Prize for Literature‎.‎ He was famous for his ability to combine wining and dining with many late nights of crucial wartime decision‎-making‎.‎ His open‎-mindedness made him a pioneer in health care‎,‎ education‎,‎ and social welfare‎,‎ though he remained incorrigibly politically incorrect‎.‎ Most of all‎,‎ as Boris Johnson says‎,‎ ‎'‎Churchill is the resounding human rebuttal to all who think history is the story of vast and impersonal economic forces‎'‎‎.‎ THE CHURCHILL FACTOR is a book to be enjoyed not only by anyone interested in history‎:‎ it is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what makes a great leader‎.‎