In my opinion, Churchill can justifiably be regarded as being one of the greatest leaders of 'modern' times.
Although somewhat eccentric he was also a gifted orator, painter and extremely innovative person who knew how to get himself into all types of trouble
. He was also quite a maverick in his younger days and knew how to upset his 'superiors' by virtue of his disregard for authority.
A good book on some of his exploits in the
Anglo-Boer War (South Africa) was written by his Granddaughter (Celia Sandys) and is titled
Churchill: wanted dead or alive.