Churchill and the "black dog" of depression : reassessing the biographical evidence of psychological disorder / Wilfred Attenborough, Independent Scholar, UK.

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

247 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Black dog and the problem of evidence -- The psychology of Churchill's ambition -- Breakdown in the Commons -- Depressing at the Home Office? -- Near-breakdown and capital cases -- Churchill's black dog letter -- Black dog after the admiralty? -- Constrained by Lloyd George -- Black dog or brown study? -- Contented at the Treasury and Chartwell -- Depression and the vision of death -- Moran's modus operandi -- The quest for vindication -- Fighting against atherosclerosis -- Doctored diary and noteworthy notebook -- Reassessing black dog.