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“The World Crisis” (5) Dardanelles to Gallipoli: Failure is an Orphan
09
Mar
2024
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
What a story! A prime minister unwilling to be prime; a war minister reluctant to make war; backbiting among colleagues; idle babble to outsiders; changes of tune; dreams about the spoils of war; unwillingness to hear those who understood. It doesn't sound so far removed from the criticism now thrown at Western governments who have inherited the mistakes of a generation, and are expected to mend them overnight.
“The World Crisis” (4) Dardanelles: Success Has 1000 Fathers
04
Mar
2024
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
The War Council waxed euphoric over Dardanelles prospects, "turning eagerly from the dreary vista of a ‘slogging match’ on the Western Front." Next, why not a naval attack up the Danube, landing at Salonika, and sending a fleet up the Adriatic? One member envisioned the end of the Ottoman Empire and expansion of the British Empire as far as Palestine. None of these naively optimistic visions were voiced by Winston Churchill.
“The World Crisis” (3): Antwerp—Folly or Success?
13
Feb
2024
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
“Only one man of all your people had the prevision of what the loss of Antwerp would entail and that man was Mr. Churchill. Delaying an enemy is often of far greater service than the defeat of the enemy. The delay the Royal Naval Division caused was of inestimable service to us. These three days allowed the French and British Armies to move northwest. Otherwise, our whole army might have been captured and the Northern French Ports secured by the enemy.” —King Albert of the Belgians
“The World Crisis” (2): The Marne and Its Meaning
29
Jan
2024
By GWEN THOMPSON
“One must suppose upon the whole that the Marne was the greatest battle ever fought in the world,” Winston Churchill wrote in 1931. Its scale, he added, “far exceeded anything that has ever happened.” It actually “decided the World War,” for “never after the Marne had Germany a chance of absolute triumph.”
Churchill’s classic, “The River War” Returns to Print
08
Jan
2024
By LARRY P. ARNN
The book is a portent of what Churchill will become and achieve. It demonstrates two things about him, the first his incessant ambition. Young British officers used every artifice to get sent to a war, any war. Churchill did the same, but when he was emphatically refused, he went anyway and found a job, a fighting job, when he got there. The second thing demonstrated about Churchill in this book is his power to see beyond the battlefield to something more strategic and political: the meaning of the battle to the way of life and the way of government of the peoples involved.
Exploring “The World Crisis,” Churchill’s Masterwork (1)
20
Jul
2023
2
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
“It was the custom in the palmy days of Queen Victoria for statesmen to expatiate upon the glories of the British Empire, and to rejoice in that protecting Providence which had preserved us through so many dangers and brought us at length into a secure and prosperous age. Little did they know that the worst perils had still to be encountered and that the greatest triumphs were yet to be won....”
Churchill: Hero and/or Colonialist? A Panel Discussion at Bucknell University
22
Mar
2022
By LARRY P. ARNN, SEAN McMEEKIN & MADHURSEE MUKERJEE
The Bucknell Program for American Leadership does not shy away from controversial topics but strives to present balanced discussions from a variety of viewpoints. We are grateful to Bucknell for permission to link this panel on Churchill legacy; and to the speakers, Dr. Larry Arnn, Dr. Sean McMeekin, and Dr. Madhursee Mukerjee.
The Churchill Documents Volume 21: The Shadows of Victory
17
Nov
2021
Cambridge University Ends its Commission on Churchill’s Racism
29
Jun
2021
7
By LARRY P. ARNN
To understand Winston Churchill, should we not be concerned with the truth—the actual evidence of what happened in the past?
What did Winston Churchill mean when he said, “Man is Spirit”?
30
Apr
2020
1
By LARRY P. ARNN
Churchill is interested in the ultimate ground of human freedom. He is the guardian of that freedom, of the right to be fully human: Man is spirit.
Curtis Hooper: “A Visual Philosophy of Sir Winston Churchill”
30
Mar
2020
By JULIA WACKER
The series—a collection of twenty-eight original pieces—attempts to depict the many facets of Churchill’s complex character. The series covers Churchill’s early childhood all the way through his second term as prime minister in the 1950s. Diving into both the public and private side of Churchill’s life, the series balances Churchill’s professional years as a soldier and war correspondent, a writer, a rhetorician, and a statesman with his private interests as a painter, aviation enthusiast, horseman, father, and husband. Hooper offers a complete, yet often overlooked, picture of the national and international icon.
Churchill’s Official Biography: Origin, Methodology and Concordance
06
Mar
2020
By LARRY P. ARNN
Never Flinch, Never Weary, 1951-1965 is the twenty-third volume of documents in the official biography of Winston Churchill. Together with the narrative texts, the work comprises thirty-one volumes in all. It is the last step in a journey that began over half a century ago, but prepared for decades earlier.