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Great Contemporaries: Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook
17
Jun
2016
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
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.
The Churchill Timeline: His Life and Times, 1874-1977
09
Oct
2023
Churchill Confronts “The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp”
28
Sep
2023
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By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Churchill fought the Second World War with single-minded intensity; thus, his reaction to the Colonel Blimp film. Any distraction from the war effort was inadmissible, even treasonous. His notorious outburst, “I hate Indians...beastly people with a beastly religion” was in reaction to Delhi separatists when India was under invasion. Alas today it is treated as an offense of genocidal magnitude.
Churchill and the Presidents: Harry S. Truman (2): Postwar Shadows
04
Sep
2023
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
“Your great country and mine are founded on the fact that the people have the right to express themselves on their leaders, no matter what the crisis.... We are in the midst of grave and trying times. You can look with satisfaction upon your great contribution to the overthrow of Nazism & Fascism in the world. ‘Communism’ so called, is our next great problem. I hope we can solve it without the 'blood and tears' the other two cost. May God bless and protect you.” — Harry Truman to WSC, July 1948.
Churchill: A Great Reformist Chancellor of the Exchequer
24
Aug
2023
By NICK BOSANQUET AND ANDREW HALDENBY
The truth needs to be recognized: Winston Churchill was the first Chancellor of the Exchequer whose policies explicitly aimed at promoting economic growth. He was the first to institutionalize protections for widows, their children and the aged. His Local Government initiatives spurred the growth of hospitals. His scheme of “derating” initiative was the first move by a Chancellor to manage an economy—not just to manage a budget.
The Churchill Day Book for 1928: Other Years Welcome
27
Jul
2023
The White House, December 1941: Solidifying the Special Relationship
23
Jun
2023
By CITA STELZER
“The President was eager that American forces be sent into battle as soon as they were prepared. A landing in North Africa, Operation Torch, was agreed. And so the Grand Alliance began. It seems to me that these day-long meetings—and the accompanying lunches and dinners—were immensely important. They bonded the two new allies. And they set up a structure that would prosecute the war to its successful conclusion.”
Churchill’s Push for Prefabs: Real “Homes for Heroes”
18
Apr
2023
By NICK BOSANQUET & ANDREW HALDENBY
Churchill was determined to solve the postwar housing shortage with prefabs. His Wartime Coalition government deserved more credit than it received for this extensive reform programme. Churchill avoided the trap he remembered from the end of the First World War: “Ministers should in my view be careful not to raise false hopes, as was done last time, by speeches about homes for heroes.” He remains the only prime minister to have polled 80% approval throughout his term of office.
Great Contemporaries: The Age of Lloyd George (Part 4)
15
Sep
2022
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
“David Lloyd George's personal failings are clear, but a historian’s verdict ought to be that, in utterly unprecedented situations, he rose very well to the challenges—and far better than any conceivable alternative leader. Overshadowed now by the memory of Churchill, he deserves respectful remembrance in his own right.”
“Munich—The Edge of War”: A Fine Portrayal of Chamberlain, Less So of Reality
14
Feb
2022
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