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“The River War” Returns in a Masterful and Scholarly New Edition
12
Jul
2021
6
By RONALD I. COHEN
The River War is remarkable because of its author, length, content and audacity. The author was already a rising political star, having run and lost for Parliament. At 962 pages, the book analyzed the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan, a conflict largely forgotten today—except for its dramatic concluding event, one of history’s last great cavalry charges, in which Churchill himself participated.
In Defense of Graham Sutherland and his “Infamous” Churchill Portrait
03
Sep
2020
9
By DAVE TURRELL
Today, we need not flinch from the image. Sutherland saw a man behind the legend, reached deep, and gave us the man. The legend needed no portrait.
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