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2014
“Churchill and Malta” – by Douglas Austin
09
Jan
2017
“Pim and Churchill’s Map Room” – by John Potter
24
Jul
2016
By ANDREW ROBERTS
This fine little book distills Captain Pim’s memoirs, which are lodged in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast. Expertly edited by John Potter, it offers charming vignettes of what it was like to work for Churchill, as Pim saw him on an almost daily basis and travelled with him to almost all the wartime conferences.
“Winston Churchill and the ‘Black Dog’ of Depression” – by Wilfred Attenborough
20
Jan
2016
10
By JOHN H. MATHER MD
Churchill picked up the term “black dog,” a commonplace description by Victorian nannies for out-of-sorts children, from his childhood nurse, Mrs. Everest. Over the years, writers have made the most of it, beginning with psychiatrist Anthony Storr’s essay “The Man,” in the 1969 collection, Churchill: Four Faces and the Man. Conjecture since has led all the way to the theory that Churchill had a bipolar disorder. But none of these arguments are considered in any detail here.
The Tories, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron – by Timothy Heppel
08
Jul
2015
By CHRISTOPHER H. STERLING
An absorbing though densely written volume, this detailed political science narrative assesses personalities and both ideological and policy trends in the Conservative Party’s leadership since 1945. The book is divided into five main chapters and Churchill appears only briefly in the first (with the end of his wartime government and the 1951-55 administration) and then fades from view. For this reason it is of limited importance to Churchill scholars, though it reflects thoughtfully on how his successors handled his legacy.
The Literary Churchill – by Jonathan Rose
24
Jun
2015
Churchill in North America, 1929 – by Bradley P. Tolppanen
24
Jun
2015
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
The author has done an exemplary job reporting this major North American encounter by a Churchill still in his fifties. Cynics will say, why bother? Well, because it needed to be done.
1914, Fight The Good Fight: Britain, the Army & the Coming of the First World War – by Allen Mallinson
16
Jun
2015
By ANDREW ROBERTS
The centenary of the outbreak of World War I has seen an avalanche—or perhaps in the context it ought to be a barrage—of new books on the subject, but few are as scholarly and well-written as this one by Allan Mallinson. The author was a cavalry brigadier in the British Army and a military attaché at various embassies including Rome, so he writes from a military and diplomatic perspective that allows him to make highly intelligent and informed value judgments. Moreover, as the author of the Matthew Hervey series of fictional works set in the post-Waterloo period, he is also able to present the unfolding human catastrophe of 1914 with a trained novelist’s eye.