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Daughters of Yalta by Catherine Katz: “A Story of Love and War”
31
Mar
2021
By CITA STELZER
The story of the Churchill, Harriman and Roosevelt daughters at the Yalta Conference was unnoticed until this account by Catherine Katz.
Great Contemporaries: Alan Brooke, the Thoroughbred Professional
19
Dec
2020
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.
Churchill and Bernard Shaw: A Curious Dichotomy, a Fictitious Exchange
07
Mar
2020
By RICHARD LANGWORTH
Only a statesman with the broad tolerance of Winston Churchill could laugh off Shaw’s politics while acknowledging his literary genius.
“Three Most Unlikely Musketeers”*: The Kremlin Letters
05
Mar
2020
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
For non-Russian-reading researchers, this book is indispensable. For aficionados of the history of the Second World War, it is a thought-provoking delight.
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.
Hamilton’s Churchill: An Obsessive Who Worsened a President’s Illness
30
Jul
2019
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
Why would Hamilton raise the inconsequential to the significant? With admirers like this, Churchill’s memory needs no enemies.