{"product_id":"2026200012689-secondhand-winston-churchill-the-struggle-for-survival-1940-1965","title":"Winston Churchill: The Struggle For Survival 1940-1965","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the iron resolve and legendary oratory of Britain's most celebrated wartime leader lay a profoundly human story of physical frailty and fierce determination — a story that only one man was uniquely positioned to tell. Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival 1940–1965 presents an intimate and unflinching account of Churchill's health and private world, drawn directly from the personal diaries of Lord Moran, Churchill's personal physician for over two decades. From the darkest hours of the Second World War through to Churchill's final years, Moran chronicles his patient's extraordinary battles not only on the world stage but against the relentless toll of strokes, depression, and advancing age, offering readers a privileged view into the corridors of power that no biographer or historian could replicate.\n\nLord Moran's account sits at a compelling intersection of medical memoir and political biography, illuminating the paradox of a titan who shaped the fate of nations while his own body worked against him. Written with candour and clinical precision, the narrative raises enduring questions about the nature of leadership, the cost of greatness, and the ethics of disclosure — questions that ignited fierce debate upon the book's publication. For anyone captivated by Churchill the man, rather than merely the myth, Moran's diaries offer a portrait both irreverent and deeply humane, leaving the reader to wonder: how much of history was shaped not by strategy, but by survival?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130989912283,"sku":"2026200012689-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/038f8031-051a-478e-b3c0-28e3f6939123.png?v=1786593753","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012689-secondhand-winston-churchill-the-struggle-for-survival-1940-1965","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}