Winston Churchill, myth and reality: what he actually did and said

Part 1. Youth

"Chief leader of men"

Jennie's indiscretions, Jack's parentage

The menace of education

What killed Lord Randolph?

Part 2. Young statesman

Votes for women

The sinking of the Titanic

The unpleasantness on Sidney Street

"The sullen feet of marching men in Tonypandy"

Ireland: "We could never have done anything without him"

Part 3. World War I

"All his war paint"

The defense of Antwerp

"What about the Dardanelles?"

Losing the Lusi

America and World War I

Chemical warfare

Part 4. Between the World Wars

"Taking more out of alcohol"

The Bolshevik menace

Trial by Jewry

The trouble with Mr. Gandhi

Mussolini, lawgiver and Jackal

Hitler as a "Great Contemporary"

Part 5. World War II

The voice they heard

"Collar the lot"

Torturous topics

The bombing of Coventry

The second front fracas

Mad bomber

Starving the Indians

The brain in Spain was absent from the plane

The destruction of Monte Cassino

What to do about Auschwitz?

Feeding the oppressed

Part 6. Postwar years

Spheres of influence

Nuking Moscow

Trouble 'n' strife

On European union

The common touch

Appendix 1. Minor myths, fables and things that go bump in the night

Appendix 2. Red herrings: mythological Churchill quotes

Appendix 3. The Hillsdale College Churchill project.