Winston Churchill

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/12/19
  

  The Missouri Museum That Churchill Built

  The exhibition focuses on Churchill’s journey, but it builds context through immersive galleries of World War I trenches, the rise of fascism in Europe, and the London Blitz.

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• 2/10/19
  

  Book Review: Andrew Roberts, Churchill: Walking with Destiny (2018)

  by Jeff Roquen

  Although more than one thousand books have been written on his life, the recently-published Churchill: Walking with Destiny (2018) by Andrew Roberts merits consideration as the newly definitive one-volume biography of its subject.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  10-24-18 (accessed)
  

  When Churchill Dissed America

  by Andrew Roberts

  Andrew Roberts reports in his new Churchill biography that the Prime Minister harbored a secret hostility to the United States.

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• SOURCE: The Telegraph
  10-6-18
  

  Churchill's 'black dog' is a myth and he never suffered depression, says historian

  Andrew Roberts says the phrase “black dog” had a different meaning at the beginning of the 20th century and did not refer to mental health.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6-19-18
  

  If postwar history starts in 1951, did the UK Tories ‘blue-wash’ the A-level syllabus?

  Critics say the curriculum over-emphasizes the study of Winston Churchill.

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• SOURCE: iNews
  3-19-18
  

  “Civilisations" presenter David Olusoga blames Winston Churchill for war crimes in Africa

  He says claims about the darker side of the former Prime Minster’s past are often drowned out by his status as a wartime leader.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  3-10-18
  

  In Winston Churchill, Hollywood rewards a mass murderer

  by Shashi Tharoor

  Words, in the end, are all that Churchill admirers can point to. His actions are another matter altogether.

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• 3/4/18
  

  What Makes for a Good Leader in War?

  by Lewis E. Lehrman

  Churchill and Lincoln provide a fascinating answer.

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• SOURCE: The Spectator
  2-25-18
  

  Andrew Robert: Churchill did not have an affair – so don’t fall for Channel 4’s spin

  by Andrew Roberts

  "To present this story without interviewing any Churchill historians, or members of the family, is a disgrace.”

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  2-6-18
  

  Inside the London Café Accused of Glorifying ‘Racist’ Winston Churchill

  A group of students who invaded the Blighty café in North London, which houses a statue of Winston Churchill, say they were decrying the wartime British prime minister’s racism.

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• 1/14/18
  

  There’s One More Layer to the Story About the Battle of Britain

  by Robert Huddleston

  Some Americans volunteered to fight for England.

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• 3-7-17
  

  Yes, Churchill Really Was a Friend of the Jews and Zionism

  by Daniel Mandel

  Claims that he wasn’t ignore mounds of evidence uncovered in recent years.

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• SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor
  2-15-17
  

  Winston Churchill essay on 'aliens' found: 'British Bulldog' had a philosophical streak

  A newly rediscovered essay by the famed British prime minister written on the eve of World War II discussed the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  9-23-16
  

  Anger as Churchill's home turned into Hitler HQ for Transformers 5

  War veterans are horrified that Blenheim Palace has been draped in swastika flags for Michael Bay’s latest film

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• 6-5-16
  

  The D-Day Myth Winston Churchill’s Responsible for

  by Craig L. Symonds

  It’s about the role of Mulberries in the invasion and it’s just plain misleading.

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• 12-1-15
  

  This Is What Helped Make Churchill Churchill

  by Simon Read

  It was the years he spent as a war correspondent, when he saw war up close and was appalled by it.

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• SOURCE: Time
  3-5-15
  

  Winston Churchill Did Not Coin the Phrase ‘Iron Curtain’

  The actual title of Churchill’s speech was “Sinews of Peace,” though most people know it as the “Iron Curtain speech.”

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• 1-25-15
  

  Churchill Était Charlie Aussi

  by Jonathan Rose

  As signals of political will, even cartoons matter, as Britain found out in the 1930s when it tried to appease Hitler by silencing satirists.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  

  Why Did Winston Churchill lose the 1945 election?

  by Alun Wyburn-Powell

  Winston Churchill is remembered as a highly successful politician, but his record at the ballot box was far more checkered than many might think.

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• 7-14-14
  

  Our Winston Churchill Problem

  by Lawrence James

  Next year will be the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill's death. So, how do we celebrate Churchill?