Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill By Michael Shelden

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In modern memory, Winston Churchill remains the man with the cigar and the equanimity among the ruins. Few can remember that at the age of 40, he was considered washed up, his best days behind him. In Young Titan, historian Michael Shelden has produced the first biography focused on Churchill’s early career, the years between 1901 and 1915 that both nearly undid him but also forged the character that would later triumph in the Second World War. Between his rise and his fall, Churchill built a modern navy, experimented with radical social reforms, survived various threats on his life, made powerful enemies and a few good friends, annoyed and delighted two British monarchs, became a husband and father, took the measure of the German military machine, authorized executions of notorious murderers, and faced deadly artillery barrages on the Western front. Along the way, he learned how to outwit more experienced rivals, how to overcome bureaucratic obstacles, how to question the assumptions of his upbringing, how to be patient and avoid overconfidence, and how to value loyalty. He also learned how to fall in love. Shelden gives us a portrait of Churchill as the dashing young suitor who pursued three great beauties of British society with his witty repartee, political f lair, and poetic letters. In one of many never-before-told episodes, Churchill is seen racing to a Scottish castle to prepare the heartbroken daughter of the prime minister for his impending marriage. This was a time of high drama, intrigue, personal courage, and grave miscalculations. But as Shelden shows in this fresh and revealing biography, Churchill’s later success was predicated on his struggles to redeem the promise of his youth.

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This book pleasantly surprised me. Having read a great deal on Churchill, I initially thought that this would be one of those "slice of life" books that rehashed everything said before, but with my interest in WSC and his having such a large life, allowing for many "slices" I bought it and thought i would skip through it and put it on the shelf. Silly me.Shelden gives us a good summary of WSC's early life and his rise to power. The author's angle on this is to present information on a number of women that WSC fell in love with in his youth, some of whom did not return his affections, with the exception of two, his wife Clementine and his admirer, Violet Asquith, whose affection for Winston was not reciprocated. As for Pamela Plowden and Ethel Barrymore, I am not sure that they are important to the story, as Winston appears to have set his sights too high. The story of Muriel Wilson is more interesting but none of this compares, in my opinion, to the relationship with Violet Asquith, the daughter of the Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith. It is through Violet (later Violet Bonham Carter, who published her memories of WSC in 1965)that we see not only a beautiful, intelligent young woman, but one who had her father's attention and worked diligently to advance the career of young Winston. Of course, we all know he ended up enchanted with Clementine Hozier after a meeting at a dinner party and married her. I think Violet would have made the more interesting companion, but Winston did not consult me. But through all this we get a much better understanding of her father, which is an interesting story in itself.Also of interest to me is the human side the author shows of Churchill's mother, the American Jennie Jerome Churchill. In previous readings, I always found her a hedonistic personality, only interested in the next man, the next dinner party, the next social excursion, but Shelden shows her to have much more interest in her son, and even pride in him, attending his first speech in the House of Commons and even (ineffectively) campaigning for him.There was never any doubt that WSC was a young man on the rise, and we are presented a host of contributors, opponents and supporters along the way. We are also reminded that Churchill promoted himself, and with one early controversial move in his political career, changed from his father's party of Conservative or Tory to the Liberal party, which many never ever forgave him, but WSC wanted to be with the winning horse in the race. It helps explain why he did it one more time during his long political career.In spite of various cabinet positions, he is more prominently remembered as First Lord of the Admiralty just prior to the Great War. He attained this lofty position shy of 37 years of age and, like everything else, threw himself into the work while he and Clemmie grew a family. As brilliant as he was, Churchill was also overbearing while in government and made many enemies. His greatest mistake was likely bringing back Jackie Fisher to work with him as the First Sea Lord in Fisher's old age. Fisher's volatile personality was as mercurial as his brillance, and ultimately it was the Darnalles that unhinged Fisher and brought Churchill down at an early age. From there, he was out of office, and for a while almost out of all influence, being in a type of political wilderness until fate called upon him again at age 65 and once again he came back to the Admiralty just before becoming Prime Minister.The information presented is good, and the writing moves quickly through the pages, and I think that even for the reader not well schooled on Churchill, this book will provide good information to lay a foundation on his early years and rise to power.I recommend it.

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