This publication examines Churchill's intentions in writing his volumes of military history and contends that Churchill's books teach readers the prudence needed for self-government in a democratic age. The author argues that the signal feature of Churchill's histories is the way in which they maintain an aristocratic perspective on democratic times, without losing their democratic sympathies. Churchill's histories are largely tales of war, and they delineate the actions of great captains and political men, but they also honour the heroism of ordinary men, individually and in the mass. Valiunas aims to offer readers a new picture of Churchill's military histories, too often neglected by professional historians, and demonstrates the British statesman's remarkable grasp of politics and war.