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Great Contemporaries: Anthony Eden (Part 3), 1939-1977
04
Aug
2022
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
As war approached, Eden and Churchill developed an increasingly close friendship. Churchill Eden “was a devoted adherent of the French Entente…he was anxious to have more intimate relations with Soviet Russia. He felt and feared the Hitler peril. It might almost be said that there was not much difference of view between him and me, except, of course that he was in harness.”
Great Contemporaries: Anthony Eden (Part 2), 1934-1938
21
Jul
2022
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
“From midnight till dawn I lay in my bed consumed by emotions of sorrow and fear. There seemed one strong young figure standing up against long, dismal, drawling tides of drift and surrender, of wrong measurements and feeble impulses…. Now he was gone. I watched the daylight slowly creep in through the windows, and saw before me in mental gaze the vision of Death.” —WSC
Great Contemporaries: Anthony Eden (Part 1), 1897-1934
18
Mar
2022
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
Anthony Eden shared Free Trade principles, but was at first a Churchill critic. During the Dardanelles Campaign he wrote: “Why can’t W. Churchill look [Navy ships] instead of making strategical plans about which he knows nothing about at all?” Later they became allies, Eden remarking on Churchill’s “masterly performance” as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Churchill, Eden, America and the Suez Crisis of 1956
23
May
2021
By ANDREW ROBERTS
If any one event ended imperial Britain, it was Suez, which also saw last significant intervention by Winston Churchill in world affairs.
David Charlwood, “Churchill and Eden: Partners Through War and Peace”
31
Mar
2021
By WILLIAM JOHN SHEPHERD
Eden by Charlwood: “The morning had been golden; the noontime was bronze; and the evening lead. But all were solid, and each was polished until it shone after its fashion.”
“Winston’s Island” – by Anthony Churchill
12
May
2016
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh has the first copy. The Duke of Marlborough has the second, and Sir Winston Churchill’s great-grandson Randolph (who wrote the foreword) ordered eight as Christmas presents. You should have one, if you are a total-immersion Churchillian with a penchant for the extraordinary, for Winston’s Island, the Isle of Wight, has its unique claim to a place in the saga.
The Churchill Day Book: “Nothing Surpasses 1940”
06
May
2024
By BRADLEY P. TOLPPANEN
“We may, I am sure, rate this tremendous year as the most splendid, as it was the most deadly, year in our long English and British story....[N]othing surpasses 1940.... The soul of the British people and race had proved invincible. The citadel of the Commonwealth and Empire could not be stormed. Alone, but upborne by every generous heartbeat of mankind, we had defied the tyrant in the height of his triumph.” —WSC, 1949
Did Eisenhower Threaten Resignation over Bombing Policy?
11
Dec
2023
By MAX E. HERTWIG
At Kasserine Pass in 1943, Eisenhower realized the critical importance of air power—and the need to avoid parceling out control to different commanders. Eisenhower declared that the invasion of Europe could not come “until we had established ourselves so firmly that danger of defeat was eliminated—all air forces in Britain, excepting only the Coastal Command, should come under my control....”
Classic Letters Bracket the Churchill Saga, 1883 to 1964
21
Nov
2023
By WILLIAM JOHN SHEPHERD
"Letters for the Ages" includes correspondence between Churchill and his family, friends and colleagues. In no way do the authors seek to encapsulate the official eight-volume Official Biography, or the twenty-three volumes of Churchill Documents. Instead these carefully edited personal letters reveal the unvarnished thought of the authentic and complex Churchill. He was utterly devoid of the artifice of modern media manipulators.
The Churchill Day Book for 1943: Turning of the “Hinge of Fate”
17
Nov
2023
By BRADLEY P. TOLPPANEN
The year 1943 was the final turning point of the Second World War. At 69, Churchill’s schedule saw relentless activity and 147 days abroad. He worked from morning to the small hours. He met staff and advisors, read cables, correspondence, communiques, newspapers, government reports, intelligence data. He chaired meetings of numerous committees, the most important being the War Cabinet. Churchill wrote his own speeches, corresponded and met with world leaders, most importantly Stalin and Roosevelt.
Bowman on Churchill and D-Day: “What’s Not Trite is Not True”
13
Nov
2023
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
“Empire First” argues that Churchill was dragged into D-Day by his U.S. and Russian allies: Right to the last, Churchill supposedly preferred the “soft underbelly” route to Germany through Italy. This is not a new charge. What is new is the argument that Churchill was motivated by ignoble self-interest: securing the Mediterranean, Suez and Britain’s Eastern empire.
Robin Prior Describes Britain’s Role in Two World Wars
02
Nov
2023
By CYRIL MAZANSKY
Robin Prior concludes that the critical need in war for the correct political leadership. Lloyd George in the First World War and Churchill in the Second were right for the task. Both managed to gain the support of their citizens. Once that is accomplished, Prior concludes, “democracies at war can be fearsome.”