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However much Churchill promoted a positive Anglo-American relationship, he did not create it. For Buruma to blame him for British nationalism is absurd.

The Parker opus: “No matter how much the details of Churchill and his career become known, he still remains, quite simply, a great man.”

However repulsive Chips was, after this first volume, masterfully edited by Simon Heffer, readers will be eager for the rest.

There’s nothing wrong with the “brief life,” which serves an important educational purpose. Hanson falls short, while accepting many myths.

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

Savrola expresses the statesman’s prudence to restore civic liberty—constitutionally if possible: “All my philosophy,” he wrote, “is put into the mouth of the hero.”

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

Joseph Kennedy or the French generals? The origins of a famous oratorical flourish, on how Britain turned out to be one tough chicken.

If any one event ended imperial Britain, it was Suez, which also saw last significant intervention by Winston Churchill in world affairs.

The Forster Meeting: Churchill dealt easily with concepts and political ideas. If he had genuinely admired Fascism, he would have said so.

Young Winston 12 decades ago—and a speculation about just how rough his escape became at South Africa’s Witbank colliery.

On Monarchy: “It is natural for Parliaments to talk and for the Crown to shine…. We are never likely to run short of Ministers who can talk.”