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What’s Best to Read on Churchill Postwar?
14
Apr
2017
“Churchill & Ireland” – by Paul Bew
03
Feb
2017
By ROBERT COURTS MP
It is a good sign of a book’s quality when readers wonder why points so obvious have never before been made. Indeed it seems incredible that Churchill’s long, multi-layered and ambiguous relationship with Ireland has never before received the detailed and forensic treatment that Paul Bew now provides us. His book is readable, reliable, and brings new perspectives to the topic. For example, Lord Bew points out that Gallipoli, usually seen as an tragedy for the Australia New Zealand Army Corps, produced stirrings of nationhood in the Emerald Isle as great as in the Land of the Long White Cloud. Few historians have addressed this point before. Lord Bew reminds us that Churchill was intimately involved in the Curragh Mutiny, and the incredibly sensitive Irish negotiations up to the outbreak of the First World War—and that this formed his “training” in handling nationalist extremism and domestic political violence.
Churchill’s “Vast Gaps” of Knowledge
30
Jan
2017
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill, it appears, took the view that the mind is not infinitely expandable. Time and again, he exhibited vast gaps in economic and financial knowledge. His salvation was that he studied when he had to, and kept close knowledgeable friends to fill in the gaps. When it mattered, he sought out what he needed to know.
Great Contemporaries: Sir Anthony Montague Browne
13
Apr
2016
Churchill and His Military Commanders – Part 1
04
Feb
2016
2
The Tories, from Winston Churchill to David Cameron – by Timothy Heppel
08
Jul
2015
By CHRISTOPHER H. STERLING
An absorbing though densely written volume, this detailed political science narrative assesses personalities and both ideological and policy trends in the Conservative Party’s leadership since 1945. The book is divided into five main chapters and Churchill appears only briefly in the first (with the end of his wartime government and the 1951-55 administration) and then fades from view. For this reason it is of limited importance to Churchill scholars, though it reflects thoughtfully on how his successors handled his legacy.
Winston Churchill Day
08
Apr
2015
2