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Churchill and Socialism

15
May
2019
Cover of Churchill's Trial: Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government.
Read Larry P. Arnn's analysis of Churchill's fight against socialism on the domestic front in Great Britain, as excerpted from his book "Churchill's Trial".
Posted in: Explore, Understanding Churchill,
Tags: Bolshevism, Communism, G.D.H. Cole, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Larry P. Arnn, R.H.S. Crossman, Sidney Webb, Socialism, Sydney Olivier, Winston S. Churchill,
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Was Churchill a White Supremacist?

07
May
2019
The Churchills conversing with Jawaharlal Nehru.
So deeply implanted is the belief that Churchill was a white supremacist that certain students and faculties accept it without demur.
Posted in: Personal Matters, Truths and Heresies,
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Cordell Hull, Ghanshyam Das Birla, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohandas Gandhi, Trinity College, Western Reserve University, Winston S. Churchill,
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Volume 21 Indexer Wins National Award

07
May
2019
Sheila Ryan's acceptance speech for the ASI's 2019 Excellence in Indexing Award for her work indexing volume 21 of THE CHURCHILL DOCUMENTS.
Posted in: Resources,
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American Principles and Public Policy

30
Apr
2019
Larry Arnn during Aristotle course filming.
Listen to and read Dr. Arnn's speech about Winston Churchill during a recent Hillsdale College National Leadership seminar on Principles and Policy.
Posted in: Resources, Understanding Churchill,
Tags: Andrew Roberts, Clement Atlee, Congress, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Harry Truman, House of Commons, John Calhoun, Larry Arnn, NATO, Stalin, Winston Churchill,
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Churchill’s Character: Preparedness. The Agadir Crisis.

30
Apr
2019
Agadir
The Agadir Crisis of 1911 awakened Winston Churchill to the possibility of war with Germany and led to him being appointed to the Admiralty.
Posted in: Churchill in WWI, Explore,
Tags: Admiralty, Agadir Crisis, Cameroons, David Lloyd George, Edward Henry, H.H. Asquith, Morocco, Reginald McKenna, Sir Edward Grey, Sir Henry Wilson, The Great War, Winston Churchill, World War I,
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Young Winston and My Early Life

23
Apr
2019
Muller
Dr. James Muller analyzes the early life of Winston Churchilll through the film "Young Winston" and Churchill's autobiography
Posted in: Churchill's Youth, Resources,
Tags: Anne Bancroft, Harrow, John Farmer, Leo Amery, Lord Randolph Churchill, My Early Life, Richard Attenborough, Robert Shaw, Simon Ward, Winston Churchill, Young Winston,
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“Mirrored in the Pool of England”: Churchill, Shakespeare, and Henry V

16
Apr
2019
Henry
Richard Langworth looks at the importance of Shakespeare, especially "Henry V," on Churchill and his rhetoric during World War II.
Posted in: Churchill in Film and Video, Resources,
Tags: A.P. Herbert, Alexander Korda, Hugh Dalton, King Henry V, Laurence Olivier, Lewis Lehrman, Merle Oberon, Richard M. Langworth, The Other Club, William Shakespeare, Winston S. Churchill,
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Churchill and Alexander Korda

16
Apr
2019
"In a cinematic sense Churchill and Korda imparted an idea of Britain, and by extension the Western world. In gratitude, I hope their legacy will endure."
Posted in: Churchill in Film and Video, Resources,
Tags: Alexander Korda, Alfred Duff Cooper, Battle of Trafalgar, Béla Kun, Charlie Chaplin, Eleftherios Venizelos, First Duke of Marlborough, Gone with the Wind, Horatio Nelson, John Churchill, John Fleet, Joseph P. Kennedy, King George V, King Henry VIII, King Philip II, Louis XIV, Miklós Horthy, Queen Elizabeth I, Thomas Cromwell, Vivien Leigh, Winston Churchill,
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Great Contemporaries: Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill

15
Apr
2019
The editor of their correspondence reflects on his work, with insights into the supportive relationship between Churchill and his mother Jennie.
Posted in: Explore, Great Contemporaries,
Tags: 5th Marquess of Salisbury, 7th Duke of Marlborough, David Lough, Elizabeth Everest, George Cornwallis-West, H.H. Kitchener, Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill, Lord Randolph Churchill, Montagu Porch, My Early Life, Sandhurst, Winston S. Churchill,
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In Search of Lord Randolph Churchill’s Purported Syphilis

12
Apr
2019
Over a century on, it is impossible to say what killed Sir Winston's father. But current evidence argues against the frequent claim of syphilis
Posted in: Churchill's Family, Truths and Heresies,
Tags: Celia Sandys, Clementine Churchill, Frank Harris, Lord Randolph Churchill, Lord Rosebery, Mary SOames, Robson Roose, Thomas Buzzard, Wilfrid Blunt, William Osler, Winston S. Churchill,
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The Importance of Churchill for Today

04
Apr
2019
Roberts
Andrew Roberts lectures on "The Importance of Churchill for Today" at the Hillsdale National Leadership Seminar on Principles and Politics.
Posted in: Churchill for Today, Resources,
Tags: Andrew Roberts, Clementine Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, John McDonnell, Lord Halifax, Neville Chamberlain, Patrick Kinna, Ramsay MacDonald, Sadiq Khan, Sadq Khan, Scott Kelly, Stanley Baldwin, Winston Churchill, World War II,
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Armistice Day: Centenary of the End of the Great War

04
Apr
2019
Armistice Day
The war was over. Was it a chapter in a cruel and senseless story? Or would we unite our genius “in safety and freedom”? We now know the answer.
Posted in: Churchill in WWI, Explore,
Tags: Armistice Day, Great War Centenary, Memorial Day, Ministry of Munitions, Winston S. Churchill, World War I,
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