Winston Churchill: A Brilliant Politician

Businessdictionary.com defines an expert as “A professional who has acquired knowledge and skills through study and practice over the years, in a particular field or subject, to the extent that his or her opinion may be helpful in fact finding, problem solving, or understanding of a situation”. Throughout history many have earned the title of expert through studying and practicing their specific fields, but few have earned the title of expert in the field of politics.

Someone in the field of politics must have a combination of unique traits to be considered an expert. One of the most critical traits is they must have years of experience in politics. This is due to the fact that years of experience is really the only way one will come to know complicated ways of politics. Another trait needed to be called an expert, is actual achievements in politics. A man who has brokered four treaties in his five years in office as senator is considered to be much more of an expert in politics than a man who has been in office for twenty years, and has done absolutely nothing. One more trait is knowledge. This knowledge can be gained through studying politics througout history. If someone has all these traits then they will most definitely be an expert of politics. Winston Churchill is one man who has all these traits, thus making him an expert in politics.

Winston Churchill’s long and decorated experience in politics is one that is rivaled by few throughout all of history. His strenuous 39 year political career started with a defeat at parliament, when he ran for a position in July of 1899. The next year he ran again and this time he was dominantly elected to parliament, and this became the beginning of his long political career (Jenkins 4...

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...lite few who can call themselves an expert in politics and that is how history will remember him.

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