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Books
Cabinet Government in the War Crisis of May 1940
26
Mar
2018
Churchill and Fisher (Or: Charlie Brown and the Football)
16
Mar
2018
Like the Curate’s Egg, Parts of It are Excellent
15
Mar
2018
1
“Churchill Warrior” by Brian Lavery
19
Feb
2018
The Parliamentary Watershed that Changed the Course of History
19
Feb
2018
3
A New Pictorial Documentary With a Twist
29
Jan
2018
“Winston Churchill: Politics, Strategy and Statecraft”
18
Jan
2018
By MICHAEL RICHARDS
The book provides “a short, accessible and analytical introduction to key themes in Churchill’s life [that] reflect cutting edge scholarship.” But several books do that better [...]. This book does not offer much that is new, and lacks editorial unity. Some authors cover the same ground, variously agreeing or contending, with no cross-references or attempts to contrast their opinions.
Korda on Britain in 1940
08
Jan
2018
By ANTOINE CAPET
Against the background of the retreat and escape of the British and French Armies, Korda poses the trial of strength between Halifax and Churchill. His not entirely novel thesis is that Churchill’s position of no truck with Hitler would have been untenable had the Dunkirk evacuation not been seen as a success in Britain. Like Churchill, Korda does not call it a success. But he offers Montgomery’s words to describe Britain’s mood. Escapees wore “a coloured embroidered patch on their sleeve with the title ‘Dunkirk.’ They thought they were heroes, and the civilian public thought so. It was not understood that the British Army had suffered a crushing defeat.”
“The Churchill Documents: Fateful Questions, September 1943-April 1944”
08
Jan
2018
By DAVE TURRELL
Return with us now to the crucial period September 1943 to April 1944. The prior volume, One Continent Redeemed, saw Africa cleared of Axis forces. Here the scene shifts to the invasion of Italy and planning for the Normandy landings, while the United States slowly expands operations in the Far East and Pacific, and the “Big Three” meet for the first time at Teheran.
Warrior and Savior: Multiple Churchill Volumes by John Harte
01
Dec
2017
By CHRISTOPHER H. STERLING
John Harte is preparing a five-volume series on Churchill’s life. He has already surpassed de Mendelssohn and Morgan with these two. Additional volumes will cover Churchill’s early years (to 1940) and his final two decades. A volume on British spy Sidney Reilly (dubbed, somewhat incongruously, Churchill’s Spy) will follow.