Winston Churchill

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• 10/11/2020
  

  Who Owns Churchill?: Three Mythic Configurations

  by Steven Fielding, Bill Schwarz, and Richard Toye

  A new book examines the ways that Winston Churchill's image has been used in British politics, not least by Churchill himself.

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• SOURCE: The Times (London)
  7/23/2020
  

  Historians blast BBC for ‘unbalanced’ News At Ten report on Churchill

  Historians have criticised a BBC News report on Tuesday about Churchill’s role in the Bengal Famine, which killed three million people in 1943 and 1944. The report arguably blamed Churchill's racism without considering other material factors that lead to 3 million deaths. 

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  6/6/2020
  

  White House Compares Trump-Churchill Leadership Styles, and Historians Scoff

  British and American historians objected to the White House's comparison of Trump's leadership to Churchill's. 

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• 3/15/2020
  

  Churchill, Stalin and the Legacy of the Grand Alliance: An Interview with Professor Geoffrey Roberts

  by Aaron J. Leonard

  Geoffrey Roberts assesses the history and legacy of the wartime alliance and political relationship between Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  11/26/19
  

  The History of “History is Written by the Victors”

  Many attribute the adage to Winston Churchill, but it turns out he was just rewriting some losers.

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• 12/1/2019
  

  Neville Chamberlain, Sir Horace Wilson, & Britain's Plight of Appeasement

  by Adrian Phillips

  The history of appeasement is intertwined with the history of Churchill.

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• 11/3/19
  

  Churchill and Stalin: Comrades-in-Arms during World War Two

  by Geoffrey Roberts

  Neither the formation of what Churchill later called the Grand Alliance nor its collapse was inevitable. The Grand Alliance was willed into existence by its leaders and then sustained through four years of total war. It was one the most successful alliances in history. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10/20/19
  

  Have you heard of the catastrophic men theory of history? Step forward Boris Johnson...

  by Nick Cohen

  Self-interested and reckless leadership defines too much of our past – and present.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  9/16/19
  

  Solid Gold Toilet Stolen From Winston Churchill's Family Palace

  The 18-karat gold toilet disappeared from Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill, on September 14 - only two days after the palace installed it as part of an art exhibition by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

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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.