Based on the interesting premise of the book jacket, I asked my wife I could buy it, and did so.

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The excerpt, that caught my eye:

Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's - Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time, Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. No one would have predicted that by the end of the twentieth century they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and deeds, again the totalitarian threat. In a crucial moment, they responded - first by seeking the facts of the matter, seeing through the lies and obfuscations, and then acting on their beliefs. In doing so, they helped keep the West's compass set toward freedom as its due North..."

I have so much to read, so little time to read it. I do hope to get to actually read this book; poignant in these times.

The book: Churchill and Orwell, the Fight for Freedom. The author is Thomas E. Ricks.