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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.
Great Contemporaries: Asquith: The Last Victorian Liberal (2)
06
Mar
2023
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
“Asquith fell when the enormous task was but half completed. He fell with dignity. He bore adversity with composure. In or out of power, disinterested patriotism and inflexible integrity were his only guides. Let it never be forgotten that he was always on his country's side in all her perils, and that he never hesitated to sacrifice his personal or political interests to the national cause.” —Churchill
Great Contemporaries: Asquith: The Last Victorian Liberal (1)
17
Feb
2023
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Asquith reshaped the Liberal Cabinet, promoting Lloyd George to the Exchequer and Churchill to the Board of Trade. These two intelligent, ambitious, future prime ministers provided much of the firepower and nearly all the color that in the early Asquith government. It reflects well on Asquith’s self-assurance that he successfully managed both of them for so long.
Great Contemporaries: Lady Violet Bonham Carter (Part 2)
25
Mar
2021
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
Lady Violet: “He had no doubts about his star. He felt that he had been preserved through many perils in order to fulfil its purpose.”
Great Contemporaries: Violet Bonham Carter (Part 1)
13
Mar
2021
Churchill’s Britain: So Much More Still Needs to Be Done
10
Feb
2021
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Neither a travelogue nor a general reader, this is about “people and places,” mostly people, not a comprehensive guide to Churchill’s Britain.
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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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Great Contemporaries: Richard Haldane, “Prodigy, Paragon and Philosopher-Statesman”
05
Aug
2020
By ANDREW ROBERTS
With his many achievements, Haldane stood as warning that the apex of politics, there was no such thing as friendship. Except perhaps with Churchill.
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Current Contentions: Churchill in the Digital Age of Fable and Myth
16
Apr
2020
By Richard M. Langworth
Churchill, who won a Nobel Prize, and did a few other things, cannot reply. He lies at Bladon in English earth, “which in his finest hour he held inviolate.” He’d love the controversy he stirs, on media he never dreamed of. He once said the vision “of middle-aged gentlemen who are my political opponents being in a state of uproar and fury is really quite exhilarating to me.”
“Raucous Caucus Clamour”: Winston Churchill on the Referendum
17
Dec
2019
By MICHAEL RICHARDS
Churchill offers thoughtful ideas on when representative government may be supplemented by a national vote. Above all, he thought the referendum must be rare. Only eleven times in his long career was there a call for a referendum. Only six times did he support it.
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Churchill’s Character: Preparedness. The Agadir Crisis.
30
Apr
2019
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.