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Understanding Churchill
Three Lessons of Statesmanship for Americans Today
19
Feb
2018
Lessons in Statesmanship: Exchanging Classified Information in Wartime
17
May
2017
By LARRY P. ARNN
It is not unprecedented for a head of state of a democratic nation to give classified information in wartime to the head of a despotism, including the Russian or the Soviet government. On April 3, 1941, Winston Churchill sent Joseph Stalin a message containing classified information for the purpose of informing him of German troop movements and military intentions.
Churchill on War: Part 3
14
May
2015
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Toward the end of his life, the old lion who had had implored, “never despair,” was himself gripped by melancholy. His despondence has been noted in varying degrees by critics and champions, historians and psychoanalysts, family and contemporaries. What was at the root of it?
Churchill on War: Part 2
05
May
2015
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
The atomic bomb, in its immediate aftermath, was regarded by many as just another weapon of war. Churchill himself spoke privately of using it. But with the arrival of the hydrogen bomb, Churchill’s thoughts became apocalyptic. These are his words on war and peace in the nuclear age.
Churchill on War: Part 1
30
Apr
2015
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill's reputation as a warrior tends to obscure his efforts for peace, but from the time he was a young Member of Parliament, already possessed of experience in war on three continents, Churchill spoke of the frightfulness of modern war and strove to avoid it.