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Understanding Churchill
Questions and Answers: How Churchill Would See Our World
03
Aug
2021
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchillians in Portland, Oregon have Sir Winston on their minds; their questions are pertinent to our understanding of him, and ourselves.
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Andrew Roberts,
Chartwell Society of Portland,
George Orwell,
Henry Steele Commager,
Leo Strauss,
Marlborough,
Mary SOames,
My Early Life,
Neville Chamberlain,
North Korea,
Official Biography,
Palestine,
social media,
Stanley Baldwin,
The Second World War,
Umberto Eco,
Winston S. Churchill,
Zionism,
“The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists.” Not WSC.
09
Jul
2020
14
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.
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,
Churchill’s Memorable Allusions to William Shakespeare’s Richard II
23
Nov
2019
1
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill knew his Shakespeare and had a near-photographic memory. Darrell Holley’s Churchill’s Literary Allusions tells us he alludes to Shakespeare more than any other English author. King John, Richard III and Hamlet are his most frequent references. Henry V also moved and inspired him. He also closely read Richard II, generally accepting Shakespeare’s portrayal of his cruelty and vindictiveness.
What’s Best to Read on Churchill Postwar?
14
Apr
2017
Churchill’s Rhetoric: Recommended Books
14
Apr
2016
2
Bolshevism: “Foul baboonery…Strangle at Birth”
11
Mar
2016
Churchill at the Admiralty
08
Jul
2015
Where to Read about Professor Lindemann
06
May
2015
1
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Q: In reviewing the 1940-45 visitors books at Chequers, I was struck by how often Professor Frederick Lindemann was there—far more than anyone except Churchill family and staff, more than Bracken and Beaverbrook, let alone the Chiefs of Staff. Lindemann practically lived there and was present whenever Churchill was. What do you make of him and what's best to read on him?