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Winston Churchill: The Flawed Genius of World War II By Christopher Catherwood. 336 pp. Berkley, 2009. $26.95. Churchill’s first love, Pamela Plowden (later Lady Lytton), once said of him, “The first time you meet Winston you see all his faults, and the rest of your life you spend in discovering his virtues.” However, in Christopher …
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