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Jan Smuts
Churchill and the Clash of Tyrants: Did the Soviets Really Win WW2?
12
Aug
2020
2
By JOHN H. MAURER
The Soviets contributed mightily to victory, but their success was owed to Churchill and Roosevelt, who provided crucial aid and kept Japan occupied.
Hearsay Doesn’t Count: The Truth About Churchill’s “Racist” Epithets”
02
Jul
2020
3
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill's racial epithets were extremely rare. Most of the few that do exist come from only one source—which leads one to question how reliable it is.
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Alfred Duff Cooper,
Anthony Eden,
D.F. Malan,
Desmond Moreton,
Dwight Eisenhower,
H.L. Mencken,
Jacky Fisher,
Jan Smuts,
John Dill,
Lady Randolph Churchill,
Leopold Amery,
Lord Moran,
Lord Randolph Churchill,
Maurice Hankey,
Montagu Porch,
Mussolini,
My African Journey,
Thomas Birley,
Tirthankar Roy,
William F. Buckley Jr.,
William Manchester,
Winston S. Churchill,
“The Art of the Possible”: Churchill, South Africa, and Apartheid (Part 2)
11
Jun
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill’s commitment to human rights ran deeper than we may imagine. It was still in evidence with regard to Apartheid South Africa as late as 1954.
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Apartheid,
Boer War,
Botswana,
Cape Colony,
Cape Coloureds,
Daniel François Malan,
Eswatini,
Fagan Commission,
Hendrik Verwoerd,
Holy Roman Empire,
Jan Hofmeyr,
Jan Smuts,
Lesotho,
Lord Crewe,
Lord Elgin,
Louis Botha,
Natal,
National Party,
Nelson Mandela,
Orange Free State,
Ronald Hyam,
South Africa,
Transvaal,
United Party,
Winston S. Churchill,
“The Art of the Possible”: Churchill, South Africa, and Apartheid (1)
04
Jun
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Rather than advancing segregation in South Africa, Churchill strove hard for justice, arrayed against the broad prejudices of his time. Part 1: 1902-09
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Apartheid,
Arthur Balfour,
Boer War,
Botswana,
Cape Colony,
Cape Coloureds,
Cecil Rhodes,
East Africa Protectorate,
Eswatini,
Henry Campbell Bannerman,
Ian Hamilton,
Jan Smuts,
Joseph Chamberlain,
Lesotho,
Lord Elgin,
Lord Milner,
Lord Selborne,
Louis Botha,
Martin Gilbert,
Mohandas Gandhi,
Natal,
Orange Free State,
Randolph S. Churchill,
Responsible Government,
South Africa,
Transvaal,
Winston S. Churchill,
Zululand,
“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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Archibald Sinclair,
Arthur Balfour,
Charles Coughlan,
Clement Attlee,
constitutionalism,
David Lloyd George,
Devolution,
F.E. Smith,
Free Trade,
George Curzon,
H.H. Asquith,
House of Lords,
Irish Home Rule,
Irish Treaty,
Jan Smuts,
Joseph Chamberlain,
Kevin Theakston,
Parliament Act 1911,
referendum,
Responsible Government,
Rhodesia,
Richard M. Langworth,
Stanley Baldwin,
Tariffs,
Ulster,
Winston S. Churchill,
Women Suffrage,
Churchill’s Confidant: Enemy to Lifelong Friend, by Richard Steyn
28
Jun
2019
By TERRY REARDON
Among many close personal friendships that Churchill enjoyed in political and military life, one of the more unlikely was with a former foe, the South African statesman Jan Christian Smuts. Richard Steyn has offered a plethora of new information and insights in a readable account of this important friendship.