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“The World Crisis” (4) Dardanelles: Success Has 1000 Fathers
04
Mar
2024
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
The War Council waxed euphoric over Dardanelles prospects, "turning eagerly from the dreary vista of a ‘slogging match’ on the Western Front." Next, why not a naval attack up the Danube, landing at Salonika, and sending a fleet up the Adriatic? One member envisioned the end of the Ottoman Empire and expansion of the British Empire as far as Palestine. None of these naively optimistic visions were voiced by Winston Churchill.
Michael Collins: “Tell Winston we could never have done anything without him”
29
Jun
2023
By MICHAEL McMENAMIN
The “common understanding” between Churchill and Collins was the Irish Free State as a free, self-governing Dominion, the same as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Against them were arrayed the Conservative Party “die-hards,” Sir Henry Wilson and Andrew Bonar Law, and the anti-Treaty IRA hard-liners. Eamon de Valera exhorted the latter to wade through “the blood of some of the members of the Government.”
Great Contemporaries: John Morley, Giant of Old
18
May
2023
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
“Present party designations have become empty of all contents... Vastly extended State expenditure, vastly increased demands from the taxpayer who has to provide the money, social reform regardless of expense, cash exacted from the taxpayer already at his wits’ end—when were the problems of plus and minus more desperate?... We can only trust to the growth of responsibility; we may look to circumstances and events to teach their lesson.” —John Morley
How Serious was the Relationship of Churchill with Violet Asquith?
25
Apr
2023
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
The biography “Young Titan” speculated that Violet Asquith, shocked by Churchill’s marriage to Clementine Hozier in September 1908, flung herself in despair from a Scottish cliff. The evidence that has come out since does not support the thesis, made prominent by Violet’s lifetime friendship with and writings about the Churchill she knew.
Sander and Langer Take us Out for Drinks
20
Feb
2023
By DAVE TURRELL
"If you are going to use a famous name to improve the selling potential of your book, at least some basic research to get that famous name correct. Hint: in this case, it’s not “Winston Lawrence Spencer Churchill” (pages 5, 66, 128). This is inaccuracy on an industrial scale. We are told in the acknowledgments section: “Researching and writing any book is hard; Researching and writing a book while much of the known world is shut down in a pandemic required great creativity and imagination.” We noticed.
Churchill for Today: His Six Precepts for Confronting Terrorists (Part 2)
16
Mar
2022
By CHRISTOPHER C. HARMON
"Democracy, I say, is not based on violence or terrorism, but on reason, on fair play, on freedom, on respecting other people’s rights as well as their ambitions…. I trust the people, the mass of the people, in almost any country, but I like to make sure that it is the people and not a gang of bandits." —WSC
Rapscallions? What Churchill Actually Said and Thought about the Irish
09
Dec
2021
Winston Churchill’s Moral and Philosophical Guides
08
Nov
2021
1
“Surely Churchill Said That?” The Expanding Lexicon of the Fake Quote
26
Aug
2021
By Carlos Benito Marìn
Why invent a quote? Perhaps in the hope that “the specter of Winston will pause to embrace the willful quoter and smoke a cigar with him.”
Josh Ireland Offers a Vibrant Account of Father and Son
05
Jul
2021
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Josh Ireland begins with potted inaccuracies, but the quickly picks up with a deft, thoughtful account of a short, bittersweet saga.
Great Contemporaries: Violet Bonham Carter (Part 1)
13
Mar
2021