http://books.google.com/books?id=tquxD6dk914C&printsec=f...
From a HN perspective, this book is inspiring because it documents the tenacity of both of these men in the face of grinding failure.
http://books.google.com/books?id=tquxD6dk914C&pg=PA214#v...
From a personal perspective, it was eye-opening, because I have always lionized Gandhi and despised Churchill, and the rather clinical look this book takes at their lives shows both their warts and blemishes.