What would Winston Churchill do with China? It is a question more relevant today than at any time since the Cold War, because the world again faces a gathering storm—this time from a rising Communist superpower whose ambitions stretch far beyond its borders. Churchill understood the rhythms of history. He believed that the drama of human events is shaped by the eternal struggle between liberty and tyranny, between free peoples and authoritarian powers determined to impose their will on others. He faced down some of the darkest regimes of the twentieth century. And were he alive today, he would. . .

