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2015
Winston Churchill Reporting – by Simon Read
18
Mar
2016
By WILLIAM JOHN SHEPHERD
Veteran journalist Simon Read considers Churchill’s early career as a soldier and war correspondent a “true tale of adventure…Churchill as Indiana Jones” (ix). Young Winston’s experiences, Read says, enabled him to escape his father’s shadow, to earn repute, and to be judged by his accomplishments. They also informed Churchill’s complex views on warfare, and equipped him for the rough and tumble of parliamentary life. It was the crucible of his remarkable moral vision and courage in the great wars of the 20th century.
Churchill Comes of Age: Cuba 1895 – by Hal Klepak
14
Mar
2016
1
The Churchill Documents, Volume 18 – by Sir Martin Gilbert and Larry P. Arnn
22
Feb
2016
By ELIOT A. COHEN
"We will never again have so thorough a record of any statesman’s decision making, and certainly not of one so great, in a war so vast and consequential. Indulge your Churchillian obsession with the latest volume of war documents, and behold the labor that his leadership required."
“Churchill & Eisenhower: Together Again” – by Brian A. Dementi
07
Dec
2015
By MAX EDWARD HERTWIG
What we have here is an elegant, landscape-format collection of photographs by Frank Dementi, of the Eisenhower-Churchill Virginia visit in March 1946, after Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri. Dementi, a distinguished press photographer, also snapped the 1943 Williamsburg visit of Clementine and Mary Churchill, and some of those photos are included. Dementi’s son Brian, who published the book as a tribute to his father, who would be proud.
“Churchill on the Far East in the Second World War” – by Cat Wilson
02
Dec
2015
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
The 153 pages of text are backed up by sixty-two pages of notes and a twenty-nine-page bibliography. A solid and long overdue scholarly exercise, it will be read mainly by specialist historians—especially since the publisher’s editing process did little to loosen the dense language, appropriate to a dissertation but a barrier to anyone but specialists. And then there is the outrageous price—alas all too common with works of scholarship.
“Never Surrender” – by John Kelly
16
Nov
2015
“L’arma Segreta del Duce” – by Mimmo Franzinelli
11
Nov
2015
By PATRIZIO R. GIANGRECO & ANDREW M. GARVEY
The latest book about a tall tale which refused to die, Franzinelli’s book seems endless—but it is welcome nevertheless. Unlike almost every other book on the mythical correspondence between Churchill and Mussolini, this one delivers the truth, fastidiously revealing the story of a blatant hoax.
Missing the Mark: Purnell’s Life of Clementine Churchill
03
Nov
2015
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Sonia Purnell's new book on Clementine Churchill is replete with well established facts masquerading as fresh material, unsubstantiated allegations, and historical inaccuracies. Perhaps the best response to this book is Sir Martin Gilbert's oft repeated remark in the face of dubious information, "Perhaps not!"
“Churchill’s Trial: Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government” – by Dr. Larry P. Arnn
30
Oct
2015
1
By JUSTIN D. LYONS
The study of Winston Churchill can reveal important lessons that remain powerfully relevant for the leaders and citizens of free societies. This notion is itself founded on the belief that though the threats to civilization may have altered since Churchill’s day, there is consistency between his challenges and ours—that he is a good guide to follow in the cause of defending freedom. Such a belief must lie behind any conception of history as providing guidance. If these commonalities do not exist, neither Churchill’s story, nor history in general, have anything to say to us now.