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Truths and Heresies

Churchill and the Genocide Myth: Last Word on the Bengal Famine
27
Jan
2021
By ZAREER MASANI
Famine and Relief: Far from seeking to starve India, Churchill sought every possible way to alleviate the suffering without undermining the war effort.
Tags:
Amartya Sen,
Archibald Wavell,
Bengal famine,
India,
Indian Congress,
Leopold Amery,
Madhusree Mukerjee,
Mahasabha,
Mohandas Gandhi,
Muslim League,
Pakistan,
Quit India Movement,
Ramaswamy Mudaliar,
Stafford Cripps,
Subhas Chandra Bose,
Tirthankar Roy,
Victor Hope Lord Linlithgow,
Winston S. Churchill,
Zareer Masani,
Cancel-Culture: We Expected Better from the National Trust and the BBC
17
Dec
2020
2
By ANDREW ROBERTS
Ahistorical attacks like that of the BBC and National Trust strip away a heroic past. When a nation loses its heroes, something in it dies.
Sinking “Lusitania”: A Long-Lived Conspiracy Theory
24
Sep
2020
5
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
The first chapter of Nigel Hamilton's book, The Mantle of Command, states that the Lusitania was an “ill-fated American liner.” He leaves the impression that Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, had played a role in the sinking in order to get the United States into World War I.
Hearsay Doesn’t Count: The Truth About Churchill’s “Racist” Epithets”
02
Jul
2020
3
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill's racial epithets were extremely rare. Most of the few that do exist come from only one source—which leads one to question how reliable it is.
Tags:
Alfred Duff Cooper,
Anthony Eden,
D.F. Malan,
Desmond Moreton,
Dwight Eisenhower,
H.L. Mencken,
Jacky Fisher,
Jan Smuts,
John Dill,
Lady Randolph Churchill,
Leopold Amery,
Lord Moran,
Lord Randolph Churchill,
Maurice Hankey,
Montagu Porch,
Mussolini,
My African Journey,
Thomas Birley,
Tirthankar Roy,
William F. Buckley Jr.,
William Manchester,
Winston S. Churchill,
Stop this Trashing of our Monuments — and of our Past
15
Jun
2020
By ANDREW ROBERTS
If we allow our monuments and memorials and place-names to be torn down because of our present-day views, it speaks to a pathetic lack of confidence in ourselves.
Tags:
Andrew Roberts,
Battle of Trafalgar,
Captain Cook,
Clive of India,
Cultural Revolution,
Earl Haig,
Francis Drake,
Genghis Khan,
Henry Dundas,
Horatio Nelson,
King George III,
L.P. Hartley,
Mohandas Gandhi,
Robert Baden Powell,
Robert Peel,
Shaka,
Tamerlane,
William Gladstone,
Winston S. Churchill,
Back in the News: Richard Burton’s Fraught Relationship with Churchill
11
Jun
2020
3
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Burton played a magnificent Churchill in “The Gathering Storm.” He also played to the camera, alternating praise with vitriol depending on his audience.
“The Art of the Possible”: Churchill, South Africa, and Apartheid (Part 2)
11
Jun
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill’s commitment to human rights ran deeper than we may imagine. It was still in evidence with regard to Apartheid South Africa as late as 1954.
Tags:
Apartheid,
Boer War,
Botswana,
Cape Colony,
Cape Coloureds,
Daniel François Malan,
Eswatini,
Fagan Commission,
Hendrik Verwoerd,
Holy Roman Empire,
Jan Hofmeyr,
Jan Smuts,
Lesotho,
Lord Crewe,
Lord Elgin,
Louis Botha,
Natal,
National Party,
Nelson Mandela,
Orange Free State,
Ronald Hyam,
South Africa,
Transvaal,
United Party,
Winston S. Churchill,
“The Art of the Possible”: Churchill, South Africa, and Apartheid (1)
04
Jun
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Rather than advancing segregation in South Africa, Churchill strove hard for justice, arrayed against the broad prejudices of his time. Part 1: 1902-09
Tags:
Apartheid,
Arthur Balfour,
Boer War,
Botswana,
Cape Colony,
Cape Coloureds,
Cecil Rhodes,
East Africa Protectorate,
Eswatini,
Henry Campbell Bannerman,
Ian Hamilton,
Jan Smuts,
Joseph Chamberlain,
Lesotho,
Lord Elgin,
Lord Milner,
Lord Selborne,
Louis Botha,
Martin Gilbert,
Mohandas Gandhi,
Natal,
Orange Free State,
Randolph S. Churchill,
Responsible Government,
South Africa,
Transvaal,
Winston S. Churchill,
Zululand,
Churchill: A Million Allied Soldiers to Fight for the White Russians?
21
Nov
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
No evidence exists that Churchill wished to commit a million Allied troops. The British contingent he envisioned was small, and made up of volunteers. Above all, Churchill wanted decision, not hesitation, which he abhorred all his life.
Glasgow, 1919: “Churchill Rolled the Tanks” – What Really Happened
20
May
2019
2
By GORDON J. BARCLAY
Tanks never appeared at the famous Glasgow riot; troops killed or injured no one, and Churchill’s was a leading voice of moderation among British ministers.
Was Churchill a White Supremacist?
07
May
2019
3
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
So deeply implanted is the belief that Churchill was a white supremacist that certain students and faculties accept it without demur.
In Search of Lord Randolph Churchill’s Purported Syphilis
12
Apr
2019
By JOHN H. MATHER MD
Over a century on, it is impossible to say what killed Sir Winston's father. But current evidence argues against the frequent claim of syphilis