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The Other Club: Founded by Churchill and F.E. Smith
12
Sep
2016
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
In 1911, a time of great political division, Churchill and F.E. Smith founded The Other Club, a collegial dining group for members of both parties. It's still going strong.
Great Contemporaries: Bernard Baruch
05
Sep
2016
By BRADLEY TOLPPANEN
Vigorous, handsome and colorful, Bernard M. Baruch was a wealthy American financier who advised nine U.S. presidents from Wilson to Johnson. From the mid-1920s he was Churchill’s oldest and closest American friend. Their long friendship, Baruch remarked, was “a source of inspiration and pleasure” which had “grown more rewarding with each passing year.”
Churchill’s Character: Sense of Duty
27
Jun
2016
Churchill and the HMS Enchantress
17
Jun
2016
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By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
HMS Enchantress was Churchill’s personal transport as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1911-14. Like most of his luxuries, it served also as a focus for work. During his time aboard the vessel, Churchill would visit hundreds of naval establishments and ships in the British Isles and the Mediterranean.
Great Contemporaries: Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook
17
Jun
2016
Churchill on Statesmanship: Pope Innocent XI
14
Jun
2016
By JUSTIN D. LYONS
Churchill’s Marlborough: His Life and Times is more than a biography; it is a masterful illustration of statesmanship. In addition to his depiction of his ancestor John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough, Churchill discusses the merits of Marlborough's contemporary, Pope Innocent XI. In Churchill’s presentation, Innocent’s ability to see beyond facile religious resemblance and shape his actions with prudence and principle elevates him to the company of statesmen.
Exploring the Official Biography: Churchill’s “The Scaffolding of Rhetoric”
29
Apr
2016
What Did Churchill Say about Terrorism?
15
Apr
2016
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By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
"No country in the world is less fit for a conflict with terrorists than Great Britain. That is not because of her weakness or cowardice; it is because of her restraint and virtues, and the way of life which we have lived so long in this sheltered island." - Winston Churchill
Great Contemporaries: Sir Anthony Montague Browne
13
Apr
2016
“The Total Fusion of Animal and Spiritual Energy”: National Winston Churchill Day 2016
11
Apr
2016
1
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Why does the United States honor Winston Churchill on April 9? Why not, for example, May 10? That was the day in 1940 when, with liberty in retreat, he became Britain’s prime minister, sure that he knew a good deal about it all, certain he would not fail, impatient for the morning. But April 9 has its own significance for Americans. That was the day, in 1963, when President Kennedy proclaimed Sir Winston an honorary citizen of the United States.
William Courtenay Filmed the Fall of Japan
04
Apr
2016
Why Churchill Matters: Science, the Bomb, the Future
17
Mar
2016