Churchill Patterned Himself After Clemenceau

Churchill was an ardent though not uncritical Francophile. At the heart of his admiration for France was Georges Clemenceau—as a friend and, more importantly, as a hero and teacher extraordinaire of how to conduct politics in war and peace. That Churchill was the best of all Clemenceau's students is more than I am able to argue. But it is beyond question that Churchill was Clemenceau's most important Anglo-Saxon pupil.[1]