# Blood, Sweat and Arrogance (and the myths of Churchill's war)

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**Created:** [June 13, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-sweat-and-arrogance-and-the-myths-of-churchills-war/499654 "2009-06-13T10:36:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-sweat-and-arrogance-and-the-myths-of-churchills-war/499654/1 "2009-06-13T10:36:11Z")

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I have bought the book by Gordon Corrigan. Has anyone else here read it- Any insights?

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-sweat-and-arrogance-and-the-myths-of-churchills-war/499654/2 "2009-06-13T15:54:43Z")

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I haven’t read it, but Piers Brendon savaged it [here.](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/blood-sweat-and-arrogance-by-gordon-corrigan-477774.html)

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-sweat-and-arrogance-and-the-myths-of-churchills-war/499654/3 "2009-06-14T02:44:20Z")

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Thank you. Sounds like not impressed.

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-sweat-and-arrogance-and-the-myths-of-churchills-war/499654/4 "2009-08-13T10:52:02Z")

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Well I finished the book and I agree with the reviewer. Not that the book is bad- it is an interesting read. It is just that it seems that the parts about Churchill and Montgomery were added to the publishing to spice up sales.

I did get one good quote that I hadn’t heard before:  
"I heard that Winston has written a big book about himself and called it “The World in Crisis”.- Balfour.