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How Arcadia Blueprinted History’s Greatest Wartime Coalition
18
Aug
2022
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Although it commands less historical attention than some of the war’s later “summits,” Arcadia was very important. It brought together for the first time the small group that, sustainably unchanged, would manage the largest, most complex coalition war in recorded history. It also shaped the Allies’ controlling machinery and grand strategy. Without it, effective Anglo-American cooperation and coordination would have been much harder, if not impossible.
Great Churchillians: Antoine Capet, Tribute to a Friend
15
Jul
2022
2
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
One the brightest stars in the Churchill firmament was lost on June 2nd. Our colleague Dave Turrell speaks for us all: “One of the nicest, kindest men I ever met.” Writes Paul Rafferty, whose great book on Churchill’s Riviera paintings was translated by Antoine: “He was a joy to work with. He was precise, knowledgeable, questioned everything, and got it ‘right.’ My French edition has few to zero errors to my knowledge, and this is down to Antoine.”
Churchill’s Little Redhead: A Thoughtful Memoir by Celia Sandys
21
Jun
2022
By CITA STELZER
During Celia’s childhood she spent time with her grandfather at Chartwell and Chequers. At Chartwell, Celia and her sister slept in a room above Churchill’s. The girls would go in to say good morning to Winston and Clementine in their separate bedrooms. She says “we saw a great deal of our grandparents.”
“Hitler’s American Gamble” by Simms and Laderman
31
May
2022
By MICHAEL MCMENAMIN
Roosevelt always favored a “Germany First” strategy, even after Pearl Harbor. This is shown by his “disinformation” campaign that Germany was really behind the Japanese attack. He intended using Hitler’s alleged involvement in Pearl Harbor as a pretext for war, even if Germany did not declare war on the U.S.
Chips Channon Diaries 1938-43: The Energy and Verve of a Great Diarist
31
May
2022
By DAVE TURRELL
Channon, a superb diarist, had an extraordinary ability to capture and present the interesting. One can only admire the energy it must have taken simply to make hand-written daily, mostly lengthy, entries, amidst the social whirlwind in which he lived. Two thousand pages in, and we are left yearning for more. Luckily a third, and final, installment is due out later this year.
What the Marxist Ali gets wrong about Winston Churchill
16
May
2022
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A New Churchill Reference Guide by Christopher Catherwood
16
May
2022
By DAVE TURRELL
"This volume is part of a series aimed, as the publishers assure us, at 'young adults.' At the same time it is intended as a 'reference guide.' After spending some time with the book I have trouble in seeing the value that young adults will gain from it. The book is primarily set out in alphabetic, encyclopedic format, with entries presented two columns to a page, along with an index and a bibliography. The result is a curiously unbalanced mixture."
A new expanded edition of The Churchills by Celia and John Lee
14
Apr
2022
Kluger and Evans on the Atlantic Charter: Less Than Meets the Eye
25
Jan
2022
Christopher Buckey on the Grand Fleet under Churchill and Fisher
31
Dec
2021
Old Titles Revisited: “A Connoisseur’s Guide”
24
Dec
2021
Tucker-Jones Reviews a Half-Century of Churchill as Warlord
10
Dec
2021