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Churchill without the aura
CHRIS MENON recommends Tariq Ali’s debunking the myth of Churchill

Churchill: His Times, His Crimes
by Tariq Ali
Verso £20
IN THIS 400-page biography of Winston Churchill, Tariq Ali masterfully unmasks the man behind the myth. Using a wide-ranging history of his times to provide context Ali analyses Churchill’s pivotal role in many crimes against both working-class people at home and those overseas who he viewed as a potential threat to the British empire.
It’s a timely book, given the willingness of both the Tories and Labour to embark on post-imperial adventures while invoking the myth of Churchill as ideological cover for such moves.
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