John Keegan was a renowned military historian who wrote a biography of Winston Churchill1234. In his book, Keegan offers a very human portrait of Churchill, from his youth as a poor student to his leadership during World War II. Keegan’s fascination with Churchill goes back to when he was at school in WWII. Viewing him as a war hero and then again in the early 1950s as Prime Minister, it is only in later years and wearing his historian’s hat that Keegan has been able to consider the life and role of Winston Churchill as a historian2.