Josef Stalin

“This essay on importance of relations with Stalin in shaping the Churchill-Roosevelt relationship, is a brief historical gem.” —Nigel Lawson

Did Churchill turn somersaults over the Soviets? Yes and with good reason. We understand events better through good historians, and hindsight.

The story of the Churchill, Harriman and Roosevelt daughters at the Yalta Conference was unnoticed until this account by Catherine Katz.

Still visible above swirls of pettiness, heroes remain: Brooke, the great general; above him, looming ever larger, the man who saved liberty.

Only a statesman with the broad tolerance of Winston Churchill could laugh off Shaw’s politics while acknowledging his literary genius.

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.

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.

Why would Hamilton raise the inconsequential to the significant? With admirers like this, Churchill’s memory needs no enemies.