After World War II, Sir Winston Churchill and General Charles de Gaulle find themselves on a new battlefield: that of memory. Each write down their war memoirs and produce a major literary work.

The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill (New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company). 624 pp. $40.00. LIKE HIS most irritating ally, Charles de Gaulle,... The U.S. Navy has deployed four ...

Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt found Charles de Gaulle admirable and infuriating in equal measure, and readers may ...