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Great Contemporaries
Churchill and Bernard Shaw: A Curious Dichotomy, a Fictitious Exchange
07
Mar
2020
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Great Contemporaries: Emery Reves, Sales Dept. for the Production Chief
20
Nov
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
It is a tribute to this book, and those who saw it into print, that a memory of two unforgettable spirits is so eloquently presented.
Mannerheim, Churchill, and the Quandary of Finland in Two World Wars
18
Sep
2019
2
By ANDREW ROBERTS
Mannerheim stepped down as Commander-in-Chief in January 1945 and as Regent-President in March 1946, aged 78. No actions were taken against him by the West for having been Hitler’s ally for three years. Winston Churchill, and every other objective observer, recognized that he was the savior of his country. He acted at a time when Finland was intolerably squeezed between the two most evil and violent totalitarian dictatorships in history.
Moulders of Greatness: Winston Churchill and Oscar Nemon
28
Aug
2019
Great Contemporaries: Alfred Duff Cooper
18
Aug
2019
By BRADLEY P. TOLPPANEN
"I have forfeited a great deal. I have given up an office that I loved, work in which I was deeply interested, and a staff of which any man might be proud. I have given up associations in that work with my colleagues with whom I have maintained for many years the most harmonious relations, not only as colleagues but as friends. I have given up the privilege of serving as lieutenant to a leader whom I still regard with the deepest admiration and affection. I have ruined, perhaps, my political career. But that is a little matter; I have retained something which is to me of great value—I can still walk about the world with my head erect." - Duff Cooper, 1938
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Great Contemporaries: Leopold Amery
24
Jun
2019
1
By BRADLEY TOLPPANEN
Of all those appointed to his cabinet in May 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill had known Leo Amery the longest—back to when they were schoolboys. Despite the longevity of their relationship, they were never very close. Rather, as Robert Rhodes James wrote, “there was always a definite restraint, a lack of warmth, a noticeable caution and reserve” between them. Nevertheless, Amery played a notable part in ensuring Churchill’s premiership.
Great Contemporaries: Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill
15
Apr
2019
By DAVID LOUGH
The editor of their correspondence reflects on his work, with insights into the supportive relationship between Churchill and his mother Jennie.
Great Contemporaries: Rudyard Kipling, “Unique and Irreplaceable”
06
Feb
2019
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
Churchill was a devotee of Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) the English poet, short-story writer and novelist, who in 1907 won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kipling’s majestic novels of the old Empire struck a romantic chord in the young Winston. Later they studded his books and speeches.
Great Contemporaries: Churchill and H. G. Wells, the Two Futurists
23
May
2018
Great Contemporaries: Lord Attlee on “The Churchill I Knew” Part 2
07
May
2018
By CLEMENT ATTLEE
"He was, of course, above all, a supremely fortunate mortal. History set him the job that he was the ideal man to do. I cannot think of anybody in this country who has been favoured in this way so much, and, into the bargain, at the most dramatic moment in his country’s history. In this, Winston was superbly lucky. And perhaps the most warming thing about him was that he never ceased to say so."
Great Contemporaries: Lord Attlee on “The Churchill I Knew,” Part 1
01
May
2018
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Great Contemporaries: Bill Slim and his Heroic Indian Army
16
Apr
2018
1
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Among British generals, Slim ranks with Wellington. His courageous Indian, African and British troops earned Winston Churchill's highest accolades.