Reviewing Churchill

Over at The New York Times, Kori Schake reviews a couple books about Winston Churchill.

Here’s the last paragraph of her piece:

The authors of “The Churchill Myths” argue that “a diverse Britain now has a diversity of Churchills.” But we ought to be able to appreciate that a singular Churchill was both an unapologetic imperialist, with all the racist attitudes that entailed, and also a great statesman, a leader against whom all subsequent British politicians are measured. As George Eliot once warned, “The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.”