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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.
In Search of Lord Randolph Churchill’s Purported Syphilis
12
Apr
2019
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The Importance of Churchill for Today
04
Apr
2019
1
Andrew Roberts lectures on "The Importance of Churchill for Today" at the Hillsdale National Leadership Seminar on Principles and Politics.
Armistice Day: Centenary of the End of the Great War
04
Apr
2019
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.
Liberty and Taxation: Churchill, George and The People’s Rights, Part 2
21
Mar
2019
Henry George was a hero to the Progressives, yet he, like Churchill, wished to preserve individual liberty through fairer methods of taxation.
“Churchill: His Radical Decade” by Malcolm Hill
21
Mar
2019
Editions Le Sphinx: A Fine Illustrated Edition of Churchill’s War Memoirs
21
Mar
2019
1
Sphinx editors in Brussels were steeped in the war as Churchill described it. Their volumes offer a splendid collection of wartime photographs.
Henry George and Churchill’s “The People’s Rights”: Part 1
20
Mar
2019
2
Attracted by the works of Henry George, the young Churchill asked: Can justice only be achieved at the expense of individual liberty?
How did Churchill Cope with Stress and Anxiety? A Primer.
20
Mar
2019
3
“Churchill: Military Genius or Menace?” by Stephen Napier
11
Mar
2019
The first key to sales is an intriguing title and Mr. Napier succeeds admirably in that regard. But a reader expecting the “goods” will be rather surprised that the preamble and first chapter praise Churchill’s warnings of the need to rearm in the face of Nazi Germany, and his condemnation of the Munich Agreement. Napier then adds several straightforward chapters covering the early days of the war and Churchill becoming prime minister.
Churchill’s Character: Hardiness, Resilience and Personal Toughness
11
Mar
2019
Speaking of Britain and its Empire in 1941, Winston Churchill said: “We have not journeyed all this way across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.”1 A few weeks earlier he had advised the boys at Harrow School: “Never give in—never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”2 The image he conveyed is one of hardiness and personal toughness, and it galvanized his countrymen. Yet we rarely give thought to where he found the hardiness and resilience he conveyed.
Churchill: What We Mean by “Civilization”
08
Feb
2019