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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.
Great Contemporaries: Anthony Eden (Part 1), 1897-1934
18
Mar
2022
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
Anthony Eden shared Free Trade principles, but was at first a Churchill critic. During the Dardanelles Campaign he wrote: “Why can’t W. Churchill look [Navy ships] instead of making strategical plans about which he knows nothing about at all?” Later they became allies, Eden remarking on Churchill’s “masterly performance” as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Churchill by Poy: Cartoonist of a Vanished Age
17
Mar
2022
1
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
"Poy was not unlike a modern Aesop, who drew the simple truth with devastating clearness. Looking at any of his pictures you laugh because of their very rightness. It is only afterwards that you realise the brilliance of the drawing, and are staggered by the genius that created it.”
Churchill’s Novel “Savrola” (3): Statesmanship Ennobles Ambition
12
Mar
2022
Churchill’s Animal Analogies: Enemy Crocodiles, 1907-1945
11
Mar
2022
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
The hard-used crocodile did have one favorable reference from Churchill. Britain developed a devastating, tank-like flame-thrower, which blasted flammable liquid with a range of 150 yards. “I am very glad that the Churchill Crocodile Flame Thrower has justified your hopes,” wrote Churchill in 1944. Here at least was one crocodile which earned his approval.
Churchill in “Punch”: His Fanciful Hats Helped Fashion His Image
24
Feb
2022
Great Contemporaries, Clemenceau (3): How the Tiger Inspired Churchill
24
Feb
2022
By PAUL A. ALKON
Churchill saw in Clemenceau the importance of projecting the right mood in a crisis. He remembered the particular words Clemenceau had tried out to him, before exclaiming them in the French parliament: “I will fight in front of Paris; I will fight in Paris; I will fight behind Paris.” In 1940, Churchill adopted the Tiger’s trope: “Clemenceau was quite right. The only thing that mattered was to beat the Germans.
“Munich—The Edge of War”: A Fine Portrayal of Chamberlain, Less So of Reality
14
Feb
2022
1
Sara Reguer: A Conversation on Churchill and the Middle East, 1919-1922
07
Feb
2022
The Atomic Bomb and the Special Relationship: Part 1
01
Feb
2022
Great Contemporaries: Paul Reynaud, Some Answers and a Question
25
Jan
2022
“Law Giver” Mussolini: Churchill’s Quotation as Used and Abused
06
Jan
2022