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Truths and Heresies

Fake History Abounds in the film, “Viceroy’s House”
29
Apr
2017
3
By ANDREW ROBERTS
A recent film, Viceroy's House, narrates the story of the massacre in India following its independence and partition. While absolving the man most responsible—Louis Mountbatten—it charged Winston Churchill and his military secretary Hastings Ismay with the deaths of millions.
Churchill, Refugees, and Aliens
27
Apr
2017
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
During the war, Britain had a fairly strict internment policy for incoming foreigners. Churchill certainly acknowledged the wisdom of carefully vetting incomers for enemy agents. However, Churchill quickly began to deplore the broad policy of interning refugees and foreigners, and firmly believed that no one should be imprisoned without just cause.
No Panic over UFO Sightings
23
Apr
2017
Indians are getting post-truth history about Winston Churchill
23
Apr
2017
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By ANDREW ROBERTS
At the Jaipur Literary Festival in India, historian Andrew Roberts encountered a misconception that Winston had condoned sexual assault, at a panel discussion entitled 'Churchill: Hero or Villain?' The persistence of this misconception contributes to the post-truth history that surrounds Churchill.
“Are There Men on the Moon?”: Churchill on Alien Life, 1942
17
Feb
2017
By WINSTON S. CHURCHILL
The worldwide media was exercised over the surfacing of what was alleged to be an unpublished Churchill article, held by the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri, in which our author contemplates the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The Museum, which received the typescript from the wife of Churchill’s literary agent Emery Reves, believed the manuscript to be a new discovery. As much as we’d be pleased to find new Churchill material, however, the “Aliens” article is not new. Whole passages mark it as a variant of Churchill’s essay, “Are There Men on the Moon?” published by London’s Sunday Dispatch on 8 March 1942. In 1975 it reappeared in volume form in The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill.
Did Churchill Prolong the Battle of the Atlantic?
07
Dec
2016
2
By CHRISTOPHER M. BELL
Critics have argued that the Allied victory in the Atlantic was delayed by Churchill’s stubborn refusal to provide Coastal Command with aircraft capable of operating in the region known as the “Air Gap”—the waters south of Greenland in which convoys could not count on air support from either land-based or carrier-borne aircraft. The implication is that millions of tons of merchant shipping and thousands of lives might have been saved if Churchill had not prioritized the bomber offensive over the U-boat war. In this article, history professor Christopher M. Bell addresses whether or not Churchill was really responsible for this delay.
Irish Matters: “Churchill’s Final View”
04
May
2016
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By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Irish self-determination is something Churchill is alleged to have opposed. The truth is quite different. Readers will do well to understand the nuances.
Oh Dear: Churchill’s “Sybaritic” Lifestyle
27
Apr
2016
Tonypandy and Llanelli: Myth and Reality
11
Apr
2016
“Randolph, Hope and Glory”: Co-author of the Official Biography
30
Mar
2016
3
Churchill Critiques: Changing Parties
21
Mar
2016
Vox’s Churchill Myths: There They Go Again
19
Feb
2016