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Churchill is not here to recall in his thoughts. There is no doubt he was faced with one of the statesman’s painful decisions. There was, after all, a World War going on, but the Allies were closing on Berlin. The end might come any day. Yet there is no doubt about his bereavement.

There was “much fog on all sides,” but the United States agreed to share atomic bomb secrets with Britain—and no one else.

Kluger and Evans offer happy little book with nice essays, but for an understanding of the Atlantic Charter we must look elsewhere.

“This essay on importance of relations with Stalin in shaping the Churchill-Roosevelt relationship, is a brief historical gem.” —Nigel Lawson

Did Churchill turn somersaults over the Soviets? Yes and with good reason. We understand events better through good historians, and hindsight.

All the works concerning Winston S. Churchill since 1905, with annotations on content, quality and links to reviews.

Whatever arguments we might make about Ireland in the Second World War, they will help us better to understand the dynamics of today’s relationships between the great powers.

Why would Hamilton raise the inconsequential to the significant? With admirers like this, Churchill’s memory needs no enemies.

Nicholas Wapshott, a talented member of the tribe of British journalist-historians, writes an entertaining read that nonetheless lacks in historical context, sensitivity, or nuance.

During the war, Britain had a fairly strict internment policy for incoming foreigners. Churchill certainly acknowledged the wisdom of carefully vetting incomers for enemy agents. However, Churchill quickly began to deplore the broad policy of interning refugees and foreigners, and firmly believed that no one should be imprisoned without just cause.

Churchill never sneered at the supposed loss of French military power and valor in 20th century. He knew France provided a nearly indispensable buffer against Germany, and later, Russia.

Apocryphal quotations aside, there was no question of Churchill's lifetime faith in the Americans and what he always called "The Great Republic."