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Churchill’s Alternative History: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph at Gettysburg
12
Dec
2020
By PAUL K. ALKON and THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Churchill’s political imagination allowed him to portray the implausibility of reality: a crucially different turn of history at Gettysburg.
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Winston Churchill and the Armenian Genocide, 1914-23
05
Sep
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Early in the 20th century, Armenian peoples suffered the greatest and bloodiest of all the great mass-slaughters which till then there was record.
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How Churchill Dodged the Flu Pandemic, and Others Were Not So Lucky
13
Apr
2020
By JOHN H. MAURER
Historical close calls, during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918-21, remind us of the role of illness and chance in the fate of nations and their leaders.
Churchill: A Million Allied Soldiers to Fight for the White Russians?
21
Nov
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
No evidence exists that Churchill wished to commit a million Allied troops. The British contingent he envisioned was small, and made up of volunteers. Above all, Churchill wanted decision, not hesitation, which he abhorred all his life.
Winston Churchill and Edmund Burke: An Appreciation of Kindred Souls
17
May
2019
By ANDREW ROBERTS
Sharing Churchill’s appreciation of the wisdom of Edmund Burke, Andrew Roberts compares the two great figures, and wonders what they’d make of Brexit.
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