Richard Overy
The Plebeian and the Patrician
Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership
By Andrew Roberts
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 196pp £18.99 order from our bookshop
It is difficult to imagine two leaders less alike than Hitler and Churchill. They were chalk and cheese. Hitler is usually compared with his fellow dictators; there are differences here too, but at least we are talking about varieties of cheese (or chalk). Comparing two men so distant in upbringing, personality, tastes and reputation is not an easy task. Each was a leader in his own mould.
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