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Winston S. Churchill
Churchill in 1943 on National Health Insurance and Taxation
Churchill believed medical advances were “the inheritance of all,” and advocated insurance against illness; he was also mindful of its cost to taxpayers.
Winston Churchill on American Thanksgiving, 1944
“A greater Thanksgiving Day is when this union of action…shall become a lasting union of sympathy and good-feeling and loyalty and hope.”
21 November 2020: The 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Compact
On the Mayflower, 1620: “In the presence of God, and one of another, [we] covenant and combine ourselves…for our better ordering and preservation…”
Hitler’s “Tet Offensive”: Churchill and the Austrian Anschluss, 1938
Breathless media admiration of Hitler’s Anschluss obscured German military deficiencies that might have mattered if the democracies had stood firm.
“Angel of Deliverance”: Churchill’s Tributes to Joan of Arc
Despite his encomiums to Joan, Churchill rated Napoleon higher, with Georges Clemenceau a close third—and, a bit farther down, de Gaulle.
“Shall We All Commit Suicide?”: Churchill’s Scientific Imagination – Part 2
Churchill’s affinity for scientific techniques, themes and writers significantly proclaims his openness toward the future—and its perils.
Churchill on the V1: “Mass Effects Overwhelm Detached Sentiment”
Churchill’s comments on the V1 reveal a rare quality: a genuine appreciation of enemy cleverness, albeit overwhelmed by “mass effects.”
“Shall We All Commit Suicide?”: Churchill’s Scientific Imagination – Part 1
Churchill’s imagination in engaging with science and its potential consequences enabled him to confront vast change between the Victorian and Atomic eras.
Great Contemporaries: Orde Wingate – “A Man of the Highest Quality”
Wingate “lives on in the long-range penetration groups, and all these intricate and daring air and military operations.” —WSC
A Walking Tour of Winston Churchill’s Historic Whitehall
The Churchill Project provides descriptions of the twelve most significant locations in Whitehall, London as they relate to Winston Churchill.
Sinking “Lusitania”: A Long-Lived Conspiracy Theory
The first chapter of Nigel Hamilton's book, The Mantle of Command, states that the Lusitania was an “ill-fated American liner.” He leaves the impression that Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, had played a role in the sinking in order to get the United States into World War I.