Churchill's political philosophy .. in fiction

In addition to being a decent painter and statesman, Mr. Churchill (at the age of 25) wrote one work of fiction, Savrola. The state of Laurania faces a revolt after a bungled show of force by the authoritarian president. Savrola is the leader of the opposition and in love with the president's wife, Lucille.

The story is messy but not without its merits. There is passage where Savrola explains his views of development of societies to Lucille. The theme is interestingly modern and has been recently discussed by for example Rosling and Harari: Since human political actions often appear random and selfish, why does it look like human societies have generally gotten better? Churchill's idea goes like this: as societies grow from tribes to nations, alliances were favoured. Societies that had alliances based on honesty and justice were most likely to survive, since they promoted collaboration.