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CHURCHILL, I consider, was the greatest leader in war this country has ever known. Not the greatest warrior. As a strategist, he was not in the same class as Cromwell, and if he had ever commanded armies in the field I doubt if he would ever have been a Marlborough. But a war leader must be much more than a warrior, and do much more than make war. Above all he must stand like a beacon for his country’s will to win. And give it constant voice, and translate it into action.
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Attlee, C. (1973). Churchill on Balance. In: Stansky, P. (eds) Churchill. World Profiles. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01231-2_12
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