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Ghost in the Attic (2): Churchill, the Soviets and the Special Relationship
03
Jun
2021
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
“This essay on importance of relations with Stalin in shaping the Churchill-Roosevelt relationship, is a brief historical gem.” —Nigel Lawson
Ghost in the Attic (1): Churchill, the Soviets and the Special Relationship
27
May
2021
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
Did Churchill turn somersaults over the Soviets? Yes and with good reason. We understand events better through good historians, and hindsight.
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.
Great Contemporaries: Alan Brooke, the Thoroughbred Professional
19
Dec
2020
1
By CHRISTOPHER C. HARMON
Still visible above swirls of pettiness, heroes remain: Brooke, the great general; above him, looming ever larger, the man who saved liberty.
In Defense of Graham Sutherland and his “Infamous” Churchill Portrait
03
Sep
2020
8
By DAVE TURRELL
Today, we need not flinch from the image. Sutherland saw a man behind the legend, reached deep, and gave us the man. The legend needed no portrait.
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Aneurin Bevan,
Anthony Montague Browne,
Charles Moran,
Churchill College,
Clementine Churchill,
Dave Turrell,
David McFall,
Dwight Eisenhower,
Georgy Malenkov,
Grace Hamblin,
Graham Sutherland,
Herbert Gunn,
Jennie Lee,
John Charmley,
King George VI,
Mary SOames,
Max Beaverbrook,
Omdurman,
Shane Leslie,
Somerset Maugham,
Winston S. Churchill,
“Grand Improvisation”: Derek Leebaert on the “Special Relationship”
19
Aug
2020
By WILLIAM J. SHEPHERD
During the war Churchill told a general: “Improvise and dare…He improvise and dore.” Leebaert sees America’s walk to global leadership in much the same way.
“Never Flinch”…the last of The Churchill Documents brings the saga full circle
23
Jul
2020
1
By KLAUS LARRES
Never Flinch, Never Weary chronicles a time when mankind stood “uncertainly poised between world catastrophe and a golden age.”
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Anthon Nutting,
Anthony Eden,
Bermuda Conference,
Dien Bien Phu,
Dwight Eisenhower,
European Coal and Steel Community,
European Economic Community,
Gamal Abdel Nasser,
Georgy Malenkov,
Harold Macmillan,
John Foster Dulles,
King Farouk,
Klaus Larres,
Larry Arnn,
Martin Gilbert,
Queen Elizabeth II,
Rab Butler,
Vyacheslav Molotov,
Great Contemporaries: Sir Harold Alexander, Churchill’s Favorite General
18
Jun
2020
1
By BRADLEY P. TOLPPANEN
Among his generals, Churchill thought Alexander “the best we had.” Alex for his part was ever faithful, saying, “I can’t simply refuse Winston.”
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Alan Brooke,
Andrew Cunningham,
Anzio,
Baltische Landeswehr,
Bernard Montgomery,
Bradley Tolppanen,
Dunkirk,
Dwight Eisenhower,
El Alamein,
Erwin Rommel,
George Patton,
Gothic Line,
Harold Alexander,
Harrow School,
Heinrich Von Vietinghoff,
Latvia,
Mark Clark,
Monte Cassino,
Viscount Gort,
Winston S. Churchill,
Victory in Europe, 8 May 1945: All the Churchill VE Day Speeches
08
May
2020
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
On VE Day seventy-five years ago, Winston Churchill spoke on radio, in Parliament, from the Ministry of Health , and to celebrants in London streets.
New Views of the “Special Relationship” compiled by Dobson and Marsh
19
Feb
2020
By BRADLEY P. TOLPPANEN
A close Anglo-American partnership was a guiding principle in Churchill’s thinking about international relations. The creation of such a partnership was a central aspect of his long political career. While still a young backbench Member of Parliament, he said, “it ought to be the main end of English statecraft over a long period of years to cultivate good relations with the United States.” In 1918 he declared it his hope that the two countries would “act permanently together.”
How Winston Churchill Spent Christmas, Part 2: Sterner Days
22
Dec
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Christmas, 1941: “By our sacrifice…these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance…. And so, in God’s mercy, a happy Christmas to you all.”
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Andrew Cunningham,
Arthur Tedder,
Chequers,
Clement Attlee,
Clementine Churchill,
Dwight Eisenhower,
Elizabeth Nel,
Eric Seal,
Harold Alexander,
John Martin,
Lord Moran,
Richard M. Langworth,
Sarah Churchill,
Stafford Cripps,
Stewart Menzies,
Teheran Conference,
Vic Oliver,
Winston S. Churchill,
Churchill at War, Illustrated by Cigarette and Trade Cards
15
Oct
2019
By CYRIL MAZANSKY
The earliest cigarette cards trace their origins to the Crimean War of 1853-56, when smoking rose to the heights of popularity. Originally, cards were plain stiffeners in the cigarette packs. With advances in printing and lithography, it did not take long for the tobacco companies to recognize the marketing potential of illustrated cards.