Before becoming a Member of Parliament , he was a journalist , notably in the Middle East during the Six-Day War , during which time he met numerous Israeli politicians , including Moshe Dayan , and published a book recounting the war . In the 1960s he covered conflict in Yemen and Borneo as well as the Vietnam War . In 1968 , he visited Czechoslovakia to record the Prague Spring . In the early 1970s at Biafra , Nigeria , he witnessed both war and famine . The indiscriminate bombing of civilians was an outrage to him , in trouble spots including Communist China , and the collapse of Antonio Salazar 's authoritarian regime . When the Democratic Convention was held in the wake of public assassinations at Chicago in 1968 he was attacked by the police . Like other members of his family , he began a lecture tour of the United States
Democratic Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Winston Churchill (1940–2010)