History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume 3, The Age of Revolution (Book).

The article gives information on the book "History of the English-Speaking Peoples," vol. 3, "The Age of Revolution," by Winston Churchill. For more than half the book is devoted to the American Revolution. Its causes, personalities and consequences are dissected in detail. Churchill's verdicts are penetrating, downright and occasionally devastating. In the book Churchill's real hero is Thomas Jefferson, a statesman, and the first political idealist among American statesmen, and the real founder of the American democratic tradition.