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2018
“Grand Improvisation”: Derek Leebaert on the “Special Relationship”
19
Aug
2020
By WILLIAM J. SHEPHERD
During the war Churchill told a general: “Improvise and dare…He improvise and dore.” Leebaert sees America’s walk to global leadership in much the same way.
“Three Most Unlikely Musketeers”*: The Kremlin Letters
05
Mar
2020
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
For non-Russian-reading researchers, this book is indispensable. For aficionados of the history of the Second World War, it is a thought-provoking delight.
The Brendon Bestiary: Churchill’s Animals as Friends and Analogies
03
Sep
2019
1
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
This is just a representative fraction of Piers Brendon’s comprehensive book. He avoids repeating material in several previous accounts, and goes much deeper into the subject. Most of the anecdotes have not appeared previously and are thus quite valuable. Anyone interested in the personal side of the great man owes it to themselves to buy a copy.
Churchill’s Confidant: Enemy to Lifelong Friend, by Richard Steyn
28
Jun
2019
By TERRY REARDON
Among many close personal friendships that Churchill enjoyed in political and military life, one of the more unlikely was with a former foe, the South African statesman Jan Christian Smuts. Richard Steyn has offered a plethora of new information and insights in a readable account of this important friendship.
“Churchill: The Statesman as Artist,” by David Cannadine
17
Jun
2019
By ANTOINE CAPET
“Churchill was not a great artist, but he was a very accomplished painter,” states Cannadine in this study of Churchill’s art through his and others’ writings.
“Winston Churchill on Politics as Friendship,” by John von Heyking
06
Jun
2019
2
By BRADLEY P. TOLPPANEN
Von Heyking offers an interesting scholarly work that places Churchill’s many political friendships within a philosophical grounding.
Man of the Century: “Walking with Destiny,” by Andrew Roberts
31
May
2019
By LARRY P. ARNN
In the best biography since 1991, Roberts's witty, fluent, flowing prose captures the adventure, energy, and incessant movement that Churchill produced.
“How Churchill Waged War,” by Allen Packwood
23
May
2019
By TERRY REARDON
The director of the Churchill Archives Center examines Churchill’s decision-making methods on challenges and problems of the Second World War.
“Churchill: Military Genius or Menace?” by Stephen Napier
11
Mar
2019
By TERRY REARDON
The first key to sales is an intriguing title and Mr. Napier succeeds admirably in that regard. But a reader expecting the “goods” will be rather surprised that the preamble and first chapter praise Churchill’s warnings of the need to rearm in the face of Nazi Germany, and his condemnation of the Munich Agreement. Napier then adds several straightforward chapters covering the early days of the war and Churchill becoming prime minister.
The New Churchilliad: “Churchill, Walking with Destiny,” by Andrew Roberts
21
Jan
2019
2
“My Darling Winston,” superbly edited by David Lough
25
Sep
2018
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
This is a wonderful collection, shedding bright light on the youthful Churchill’s hopes and dreams, while revealing the worldly, solicitous, loving influence of his mother. No son could wish for more. For those of us similarly blessed in our lives, David Lough conveys an understanding of why a man is fortunate if he is his mother’s son. As Jennie wrote to him often, as our mothers wrote to us: “God bless you my darling and keep you safe.”