To get a sense of Churchill from his formative days in the British Army, I highly recommend reading Churchill’s war correspondent accounts of wars with Muslims. They both should have been immediate post-9/11 required reading for all officers and NCOs in the armed forces, all Foreign Service involved with the Middle East, and all intelligence agency leadership.
They’re both quick reads, as they originated as serial dispatches from the front. Free at Project Gutenberg, read them on your tablet, phone, or computer. Or go dead trees and print them out, heck, I’m OK with that!
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
by Winston Churchill
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9404
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
by Winston Churchill
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4943
> “The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
by Winston Churchill”
A great book for a lot of reasons other than he got it right about Muslims. I read it many, many years ago and the phrase “Follow the biscuit” stuck. It was important many times in my years as a Civil Engineer.