#773: Andrew Roberts on The Habits of Churchill, Lessons from Napoleon, and The Holy Fire Inside Great Leaders

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs, this is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world class performers or Deconstruct those who deconstruct world class performers. In the case of today's guest, who is Andrew Roberts, Andrew Roberts has written twenty books, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages and have won thirteen literary prizes. These include Masters and Commanders, The Storm of War, A New History of the Second World War, Napoleon, A Life, Churchill Walking with Destiny, George III, The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch, and most recently Conflict. The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza, which he co-authored with General David Petreus. Lord Roberts is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society. The Bonnie and Tom McCloskey, distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and a visiting professor at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. He is also a member of the House of Lords. You can find all things Andrew at AndrewHenrobits dot net online and he is also on X, the artist formerly known as Twitter at X dot com slash A Roberts underscore.

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