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Longest Campaign: Winston Churchill and the Atlantic Battle, 1940-43
26
Jul
2021
By CHRISTOPHER M. BELL
The protracted Atlantic battle hinged on desperate choices between defense and taking the fight to the enemy. The crux came in 1943.
Great Contemporaries: Archibald Wavell, Man of Silences (Part 1)
22
Jul
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Confronted with the seeming impossible in the Middle East, Wavell acquitted himself well and was promoted as often as he was sacked.
Stephen Bungay Adds New Scholarship to the Battle of Britain
15
Jul
2021
How Churchill Conducted Business in Bed, with his Avian Assistant Toby
15
Jul
2021
“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.
Kieran Whitworth asks: How Much Churchill Do You Really Know?
08
Jul
2021
By ROBIN BRODHURST
Well-researched and accurate, the Whitworth Churchill Quiz book offers a serious test of Churchillian knowledge and a chance to learn more.
Great Contemporaries: Louis Spears, Liaison to the French
05
Jul
2021
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Rachel Trethewey Ponders the Lives of Diana, Sarah, and Mary Churchill
28
Jun
2021
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Rachel Trethewey adds an important family dimension, reflecting the mutual devotion between Churchill and his three daughters.
“Favourable Reference to the Devil”: Why Churchill Allied with Stalin
26
Jun
2021
By CONNOR DANIELS
When Churchill took a harder line with Stalin at Yalta, he was consistent with his policy always to oppose the greater enemy.
Adrian Phillips Unmasks an Appeasement Architect in the 1930s
19
Jun
2021
Churchill and the Presidents: John F. Kennedy – Grave and Urgent Times
18
Jun
2021
Buruma Ponders the Political Abductions of Winston Churchill
15
Jun
2021
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
However much Churchill promoted a positive Anglo-American relationship, he did not create it. For Buruma to blame him for British nationalism is absurd.