He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle. John F. Kennedy on Winston Churchill During the darkest days of World War II, it was Churchill's words alone that offered hope and inspiration to the masses when Hitler sought to destroy the values of civilization. But this is not just another book about Sir Winston Churchill: it is the authentic voice of the man himself, speaking directly through its pages. This book not only offers insight into Churchill's life and times, but catalogues his personal store of wit, wisdom, and humanity. It is thus a fitting tribute to the greatest statesman of modern times, a man who stamped the mark of his genius upon the history of the twentieth century.