Rachel Trethewey Ponders the Lives of Diana, Sarah, and Mary Churchill

Rachel Trethewey adds an important family dimension, reflecting the mutual devotion between Churchill and his three daughters.

When Churchill took a harder line with Stalin at Yalta, he was consistent with his policy always to oppose the greater enemy.

Morris offers a more accurate quotation book than most, but that is a fairly low bar, and we are disappointed by how many he gets wrong.

Historians tend to downplay Horace Wilson’s contribution to British Appeasement policy in the 1930s. Adrian Phillips fills in the blanks.

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.