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English-Speaking Peoples (9): Napoleon, Nelson and Human Freedom
12
Dec
2022
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By DUGGAN FOLEY
Clement Attlee once quipped that Churchill’s History should have been entitled, “Things in History Which Interested Me.” Unconsciously Attlee identified the value of history written by one who made it. Churchill writes from his own experience. He understood defending human freedom, and fighting with one’s back to the wall.
Buruma Ponders the Political Abductions of Winston Churchill
15
Jun
2021
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
However much Churchill promoted a positive Anglo-American relationship, he did not create it. For Buruma to blame him for British nationalism is absurd.
A Walking Tour of Winston Churchill’s Historic Whitehall
06
Oct
2020
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
The Churchill Project provides descriptions of the twelve most significant locations in Whitehall, London as they relate to Winston Churchill.
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Admiralty,
Admiralty Arch,
Battle of Trafalgar,
Board of Trade,
Cenotaph,
Colonial Office,
Corinthia Hotel,
Dardanelles,
David Lloyd George,
Duglas Haig,
Dundee,
Home Secretary,
Horatio Nelson,
King Charles I,
King Edward VII,
London,
Ministry of Defence,
Ministry of Munitons,
National Liberal Club,
Nelson's Column,
Old War Office,
Palace of Westminster,
Parliament,
Royal Navy,
Royal Navy Air Service,
Royal Scots Fusiliers,
T.E. Lawrence,
Trafalgar Square,
Westminster Abbey,
Whitehall,
Winston S. Churchill,
Stop this Trashing of Our Monuments — and Our Past
15
Jun
2020
By ANDREW ROBERTS
If we allow our monuments and memorials and place-names to be torn down because of our present-day views, it speaks to a pathetic lack of confidence in ourselves.
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Andrew Roberts,
Battle of Trafalgar,
Captain Cook,
Clive of India,
Cultural Revolution,
Earl Haig,
Francis Drake,
Genghis Khan,
Henry Dundas,
Horatio Nelson,
King George III,
L.P. Hartley,
Mohandas Gandhi,
Robert Baden Powell,
Robert Peel,
Shaka,
Tamerlane,
William Gladstone,
Winston S. Churchill,
Which Historical and Contemporary Figures were Churchill’s Inspirations?
16
Mar
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
These are just a few of the classical authors Churchill read in his self-education as a young man. They form an adjunct to the more recent and direct inspirations, the figures of more recent centuries.
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Andrew Roberts,
Aristotle,
Bourke Cockran,
Cicero,
Duke of Marlborough,
Georges Clemenceau,
Great Contemporaries,
Horatio Nelson,
John Morley,
Justin Lyons,
Leo Strauss,
Lord Randolph Churchill,
Napoleon,
Paul Rahe,
Plato,
Richard M. Langworth,
Shakespeare,
Socrates,
Thucydides,
War of Spanish Succession,
Winston S. Churchill,
Xenophon,