BTTS is well edited and illustrated with photographs by David Cannadine. He takes cares to find not the only the best examples of Churchill’s speeches, but also to showcase some in which Churchill’s eloquence outshines his reasoning. He shows how Churchill could be giving a long, rambling speech and then suddenly deliver a phrase to remember. Honestly, it is these phrases—these "sound bites" if you will—that we remember more than the speeches themselves.

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As a reviewer I read the book from cover to cover, but this was perhaps the least useful way to read this book. I recommended that a speech be read and digested before moving on. Take the lesson the editor is trying to give the reader and internalize it. BTTS is highly recommended for anybody wanting to look at Churchill beyond the sound bites or to anyone interested in the British politics of a bygone era. With a $16.00 price tag in the United States, this book is well within every reader’s budget.

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