The French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) was twice premier of France, in 1906-1909 and 1917-1919. He led France through the critical days of World War I and headed the French delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. Georges Clemenceau was...

Eliot Cohen is professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins University's prestigious School for Advanced International Studies, also known as SAIS. But Cohen's influence ranges far beyond the classroom. His most recent book, Supreme Command, reportedly was read by President George W. Bush...

Macmillan xiv + 620 pp. 25 [pounds] * I suspect that most publishers must have considered Churchill to be a busted flush by the end of last year, with library shelves groaning under the weight of the newly completed Gilbert/Randolph Churchill multi-tome,...

In the weeks leading up to our first trip to Provence, we pored over guidebooks, reacquainting ourselves with images immortalized by Cezanne and popularized by the films "Jean de Florette" and "Manon Of The Spring."We fully expected to see fields of lavender, Roman ruins and...

Before Winston Churchill, there was David Lloyd George, Britain's prime minister during World War I.Lloyd George is a hero to many in the U.K. for his wartime leadership and for reforming the nation's economic and social fabric.Born in 1863, he grew up in the Welsh...