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Synthesis Essay : Winston Churchill

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Synthesis Essay – Winston Churchill
SMSgt Brian J. Sands
Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy
September 10, 2014
Instructor: MSgt Travis Pyle
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was an influential leader and politician in the government of the Britain from the turn of the 20th century until his death in 1965. He was Prime Minister twice and led his country through the darkest corridors of war in a fight for its very existence. Throughout his tenure he displayed uncommon vision and showed that he was a man of ethical action, as I will demonstrate. We will examine just a few points of his uncanny vision, highlight some of his ethical actions, and then connect these actions via Course 14 principals to events of personal relevance.
Visionary Leader
Winston Churchill was a leader with an unmatched vision for the future of his country. The 1930’s found Europe in a post war depression and Churchill foresaw the impending aggression from Germany. Throughout this decade he would often declare the increasing numbers of Germany’s growing weaponry and planes (Humes, 2012). As his party was out of power he was relegated to the back bench of the House of Commons. At the time, his predictions of a belligerent Germany were unwelcome to the ears of a war weary and economically depressed populace. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler in 1938 to secure peace which resulted in the German occupation of part of Czechoslovakia, and caused Churchill to say “This is

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