The Making of Winston Churchill (Podcast) When we hear the name “Winston Churchill,” images of the cigar chomping, overweight, elderly aristocrat who led England through their Finest Hour probably come to mind. What few people realize, however, is that as a young man Churchill lived a life of romantic adventure and daring by fighting at the battlefront in three different wars before he was 23 years old. And he capped off his military career by serving as a 24-year-old war corespondent in the Boer War, where he was taken prisoner, made an audacious escape, and returned home to England as a national hero. I'm always fascinated by Winston Churchill and have read his own autobiography of his early years as well as his memoirs from WWII and Roy Jenkins' biography. In this podcast (available free from iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud, Pocket Casts, etc) Candice Millard is discussing her latest book about his early years. In the the podcast they discuss the supreme confidence Churchill had as a young man that he was destined for greatness and how he intentionally sought after dangerous military missions that would catapult him to fame. They also discuss the compelling leadership and persuasion ability Churchill displayed during the Boer War that would later propel his political career, as well as the similarities between Churchill and Teddy Roosevelt. See http://ift.tt/2dd8iQz
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