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Churchill’s Steady Adherence to His 1946 “Iron Curtain” Speech in Fulton
01
Apr
2021
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill took criticisms of his Fulton speech calmly, and never backed off. He knew he’d been right & within three years he was vindicated.
Churchill’s Alternative History: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph at Gettysburg
12
Dec
2020
By PAUL K. ALKON and THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Churchill’s political imagination allowed him to portray the implausibility of reality: a crucially different turn of history at Gettysburg.
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Abraham Lincoln,
Archduke Franz Ferdinand,
Arthur Balfour,
Battle of Gettysburg,
Benjamin Disraeli,
Czar Nicholas II,
Emperor Franz Joseph,
First World War,
Geroge Pickett,
Jan Bloch,
Jeb Stuart,
Jefferson Davis,
Kaiser Wilhelm II,
Paul K. Alkon,
Robert E. Lee,
Scribner’s Magazine,
Shelby Foote,
Theodore Roosevelt,
William Edwart Gladstone,
Winston S. Churchill,
woodrow wilson,
Sir Winston Churchill’s Three Outstanding War Books
03
Dec
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill's best war books: “fascinating products of the human spirit, epic tales filled with the depravities, miseries, and glories of man.”
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Anthony Montague Browne,
Battle of Omdurman,
David Lloyd George,
Edward Grey,
Edward Marsh,
First World War,
Herbert Kitchener,
J.H. Plumb,
John Keegan,
Manfred Weidhorn,
Passchendaele,
Richard M. Langworth,
Robert Pilpel,
Robert Rhodes James,
Rudi Giuliani,
Second World War,
Somme,
Sudan,
Thucydides,
Winston S. Churchill,
Churchill in 1943 on National Health Insurance and Taxation
30
Nov
2020
1
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Churchill believed medical advances were “the inheritance of all,” and advocated insurance against illness; he was also mindful of its cost to taxpayers.
“Angel of Deliverance”: Churchill’s Tributes to Joan of Arc
02
Nov
2020
1
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Despite his encomiums to Joan, Churchill rated Napoleon higher, with Georges Clemenceau a close third—and, a bit farther down, de Gaulle.
Churchill on the V1: “Mass Effects Overwhelm Detached Sentiment”
27
Oct
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill’s comments on the V1 reveal a rare quality: a genuine appreciation of enemy cleverness, albeit overwhelmed by “mass effects.”
Elizabeth Layton in “Darkest Hour”: The Annexe and War Rooms
24
Aug
2020
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Questions on the role of secretary Elizabeth Layton in the 2017 film, and the Annexe where Churchill really ran the wartime government.
“The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists.” Not WSC.
09
Jul
2020
7
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill never said this: he was far too fastidious to apply such a term generically. He knew his fascists, and identified them more specifically.
What did Winston Churchill mean when he said, “Man is Spirit”?
30
Apr
2020
1
By LARRY P. ARNN
Churchill is interested in the ultimate ground of human freedom. He is the guardian of that freedom, of the right to be fully human: Man is spirit.
Tracking Churchill’s Famous Slogan, “You can always take one with you”
03
Apr
2020
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
I have often wondered however what would have happened if two hundred thousand German storm troops had actually established themselves ashore. The massacre would have been on both sides grim and great. There would have been neither mercy nor quarter. They would have used Terror, and we were prepared to go all lengths. I intended to use the slogan “You can always take one with you.” - Winston Churchill
Which Historical and Contemporary Figures were Churchill’s Inspirations?
16
Mar
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
These are just a few of the classical authors Churchill read in his self-education as a young man. They form an adjunct to the more recent and direct inspirations, the figures of more recent centuries.
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Andrew Roberts,
Aristotle,
Bourke Cockran,
Cicero,
Duke of Marlborough,
Georges Clemenceau,
Great Contemporaries,
Horatio Nelson,
John Morley,
Justin Lyons,
Leo Strauss,
Lord Randolph Churchill,
Napoleon,
Paul Rahe,
Plato,
Richard M. Langworth,
Shakespeare,
Socrates,
Thucydides,
War of Spanish Succession,
Winston S. Churchill,
Xenophon,
Winston Churchill’s Stand-up Desk: Vital Equipment at his “Factory”
21
Feb
2020
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Hillsdale was founded thirty years before Churchill’s birth. Its mission was to spread “sound learning” so as to help preserve “the blessings of civil and religious liberty” and “intelligent piety,” sentiments we believe were shared and typified by Churchill’s life’s work.