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Hillsdale & Statesmanship
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Why Churchill?
Churchill’s career presents an unsurpassed opportunity for the study of statesmanship, for he faced the great crises of the twentieth century and left behind one of the richest records of human undertaking.
Churchill & Hillsdale
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Recent Articles
Did the Prime Minister defile a Rubens? Technically it was possible, especially if Churchill used tempera. But official biographer Sir Martin Gilbert was doubtful: “This story, charming though it is, and often retold, may be typical of (dare I say it?) the wilder shores of oral evidence. Churchill was surely too great an art lover to ‘touch up’ a Rubens.”
Part 1 of “Churchill in Film and Video” comprised dramatizations—fiction based on Churchill’s life. Part 2 presents documentary productions. Both compilations constitute a work on progress, subject to amendment and addition. Comments or corrections are most welcome.
We have linked films available on the Internet. For others, check streaming video suppliers such as Netflix.
What a story! A prime minister unwilling to be prime; a war minister reluctant to make war; backbiting among colleagues; idle babble to outsiders; changes of tune; dreams about the spoils of war; unwillingness to hear those who understood. It doesn’t sound so far removed from the criticism now thrown at Western governments who have inherited the mistakes of a generation, and are expected to mend them overnight.
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