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Abstracts: Physicians Consider Churchill’s Cardiovascular History
11
Sep
2018
"The medical world and Churchill’s entourage agreed that Sir Winston’s recovery after this fateful episode was spectacular. On 18 August, he presided over a cabinet meeting lasting for nearly three hours. Apparently, none of his close colleagues who knew what had happened could believe he had suffered any new medical problem."
Joys of The Churchill Documents: Dewey and Hoover, 1950
10
Sep
2018
“This Is Freedom,” Unpublished Article by Winston Churchill on the Dangers of Socialism, 1950
13
Aug
2018
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Churchill and Polo: The Hot Pursuit of His Favorite Team Sport, Part 2
13
Aug
2018
Churchill, Women’s Suffrage, and “Black Friday,” November 1910
07
Aug
2018
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Churchill was not philosophically hostile to the principle of women’s suffrage at any time in the 20th century. He voted for it as early as 1904. His hesitations in 1905-12 arose when militants tried to break up his speeches. He resisted certain measures at certain times for tactical reasons—unlike, say, Asquith, who in 1910-12 opposed the very principle. “Papa supported votes for women,” smiled his daughter Mary, “when he realized how many women would vote for him.”
Did Churchill Ever Make Public Criticism of Americans or America?
24
Jul
2018
Churchilliana: a Medallion Commemorating the Grand Coalition
09
Jul
2018
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Late in 1945, Winston Churchill had the splendid and characteristically generous idea of commemorating his 1940-45 Coalition Government—which had only broken up six months previously—by striking a large bronze medallion. In early 1946 he presented one to every member of that government, as well as to others. In all, there were 136 of these magnificent, four-inch diameter objects, each weighing 8.7 ounces. They were cast at Churchill’s own expense by the foremost manufacturer of such things, Spink & Son, a company founded in 1666.
The Rhetoric of Cold War: Churchill’s 1946 Fulton Speech
06
Jul
2018
As the postwar world began to take shape, Churchill, as in the 1930s, predicted danger ahead. Initially, his cries fell on deaf ears. Out of power, he watched as the United States’ and his country’s foreign policy drifted towards what he perceived as another disaster—communism’s ascendancy. Then a letter arrived from President Harry Truman, inviting him to speak at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri in March 1946. It was an opportunity for Churchill to shape history once again. Though what came to be known as his “Iron Curtain Speech” received mixed reactions at the time, today, scholars recognize that it laid the foundation of public opinion needed for the West to pursue a vigorous challenge to Soviet hegemony.
Churchill and Polo: The Hot Pursuit of His Favorite Team Sport, Part 1
27
Jun
2018