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Churchill’s Alternative History: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph at Gettysburg
Churchill’s political imagination allowed him to portray the implausibility of reality: a crucially different turn of history at Gettysburg.
Sir Winston Churchill’s Three Outstanding War Books
Churchill's best war books: “fascinating products of the human spirit, epic tales filled with the depravities, miseries, and glories of man.”
Churchill in 1943 on National Health Insurance and Taxation
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
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”
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
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.
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”?
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”
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?
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.
Winston Churchill’s Stand-up Desk: Vital Equipment at his “Factory”
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.
How Winston Churchill Spent Christmas, Part 2: Sterner Days
Christmas, 1941: “By our sacrifice…these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance…. And so, in God’s mercy, a happy Christmas to you all.”