Great Contemporaries: Lord Attlee on “The Churchill I Knew,” Part 1

From an vanished age of "loyal opposition" came a remarkable tribute to Churchill from longtime Labour opponent and successor, Clement Attlee.

Normandy and Beyond demonstrates enormous mass of detail Churchill had to deal with around D-Day. Antoine Capet makes a case study of the ever-present de Gaulle problem.

De Gaulle annoyed Franklin Roosevelt even more than he did Churchill. Roosevelt deplored what he saw as a statist, a Bonapartist and an imperialist. His conclusions were not entirely accurate.

Churchill’s best known four words had a long gestation, beginning with “sweat and blood” in Roman times. Once established, they served him for years.

In “Thoughts and Adventures,” Churchill included four prescient essays on future trends he could already see, critical to fate of democracy, government, and mankind.

Fresh aspects of Churchill’s reception at Durban and transcripts of his speeches: the story that launched his political career and won him his first seat in Parliament.

Sandys describes her grandfather’s paintings with four characteristics, which she also applies to his approach to life: bold, irrepressible, loving of life, and inspiring.

Among British generals, Slim ranks with Wellington. His courageous Indian, African and British troops earned Winston Churchill's highest accolades.

Ironically, if not iconically, both were struck down in the midst of triumph: Churchill by the electors, Lincoln by a bullet. “In war you can only be killed once,” Churchill said, “but in politics many times.”

In this private article, The Dream, not published until after his death, Sir Winston reveals much about his father and himself.

The Dream revisits the relationship between Winston and his father Lord Randolph from the perspective of an older, more experienced Winston. The result is poignant, nuanced, and ironic, and allows the reader a unique glimpse into Winston’s complicated view of his father.

A series of papers and arguments concerning Churchill’s attitude toward integration and unity in Europe in the wake of World War II.