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Churchill, Eden, America and the Suez Crisis of 1956
23
May
2021
By ANDREW ROBERTS
If any one event ended imperial Britain, it was Suez, which also saw last significant intervention by Winston Churchill in world affairs.
Winston Churchill’s Statesmanship before the First World War, 1912-14
28
Aug
2020
By JOSHUA WAECHTER
Prudence, Aristotle’s primary quality of statesmen was well demonstrated by Churchill at the Admiralty in the years leading up to the First World War.
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Mannerheim, Churchill, and the Quandary of Finland in Two World Wars
18
Sep
2019
3
By ANDREW ROBERTS
Mannerheim stepped down as Commander-in-Chief in January 1945 and as Regent-President in March 1946, aged 78. No actions were taken against him by the West for having been Hitler’s ally for three years. Winston Churchill, and every other objective observer, recognized that he was the savior of his country. He acted at a time when Finland was intolerably squeezed between the two most evil and violent totalitarian dictatorships in history.
“That Neutral Island”: Ireland in World War II (with apologies to Clair Wills*)
16
Aug
2019
1
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
Whatever arguments we might make about Ireland in the Second World War, they will help us better to understand the dynamics of today’s relationships between the great powers.
Science, War, and Education in the Modern World
18
Jul
2019
By LUKE BARBRICK
After witnessing the tragic consequences of modern war and the potential for moral decline in society, Churchill committed himself to discovering how free individuals might remain free in a time governed increasingly by science and mechanization. He believed that the survival of freedom demanded a serious reinforcement of the ideas that first gave it birth as expressed in the literature, language, and history of the English-speaking peoples. Only in reaffirming their ideological foundations could the offspring of the English tradition maintain the unity, commitment, and virtue necessary to face the threats of the modern age. In summary, what Churchill saw as necessary for freedom and peace in the 20th century and beyond was strength through the pursuit of truth.
Churchill’s Character: Preparedness. The Agadir Crisis.
30
Apr
2019
Churchill and the Chanak Crisis
29
Jan
2016
Literary Flourishes: “Take the Enemy into Consideration”
30
Dec
2021
Volume 5
17
Mar
2016
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The Royal Navy, its needs and its potential, are the main thrust of Churchill's letters and memoranda in this volume. These documents show how determined he was not to see Britain vulnerable to the growing naval power of Germany. Churchill's letters to his wife in the last two weeks of July 1914 give a poignant picture of how rapidly the world crisis evolved.
Churchill’s Critics: Jibes, Ripostes and Insults
03
May
2024
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
We were struck by the good humor of some critics. Aside from Samuel Hoare and Aneurin Bevan, relatively few expressed real malice. Many others were delivered with or for laughs. A few evidenced genuine affection. It was another world, when decorum in political debate was expected.
Great Writing: Churchill as Biographer, Novelist, Explorer, Memoirist
11
Jan
2024
By JOHN BUCHAN, LORD TWEEDSMUIR
“Churchill offers a striking and a moving picture. A close observance of the words, however, will show that its vividness is built up entirely by the use of simple words simply arrayed. It owes nothing to elaboration, nothing to stilted conception. Its effectiveness is the direct result of clarity.”
Bromance in Naples: The Wooing of Jacky Fisher, 1912
12
Oct
2023
1
By DAVE TURRELL
When war came, the Grand Fleet was oil-fired and fully mobilized. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, built to Fisher’s and Churchill’s specifications, outgunned the Germans. All could be traced to their Naples démarche. But in wooing Fisher back, Churchill had unknowingly embraced his nemesis.