Winston Churchill

10 Things You Might Not Know About Winston Churchill

By Editor
August 14, 2024
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1. Winston Churchill’s teachers described him as unambitious, rebellious, and violent, and said that he could not be trusted to behave himself in any situation. 2. Even though he was known for his remarkable ability to make stirring speeches, he actually suffered from a speech...

Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat

Politics Reviews Winston Churchill

By Mike Phelps
August 12, 2024
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Giles Milton has written a true-life thriller about one of the darkest periods in history. Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a fascinating account of the exploits of a band of colorful characters. Men and women with particular experience and skills were recruited by the British...

Churchill’s Rock: Sonia Purnell on The Life and Times of Clementine Churchill

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By Roger Kennedy
June 19, 2024
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Best known as the wife of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill served as one of her husband’s closest confidantes, aiding him during his brightest moments as well as his darkest hours. During World War II, she led the Young Women’s Christian...

Churchill: The Unexpected Hero

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By Gordon Bannerman
January 29, 2024
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Paul Addison’s Churchill: The Unexpected Hero builds on his earlier Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry in presenting a more detailed analysis of Winston Churchill’s character and career. Currently an Honorary Fellow at Edinburgh University, Addison is an established authority on British politics and society...

Churchill: The Power of Words

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By Chris Chan
April 28, 2023
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If words are weapons, then Winston Churchill possessed a personal arsenal. Martin Gilbert opens this anthology of Churchill’s work by citing President John F. Kennedy’s declaration that Churchill “mobilised the English language and sent it into battle.” (p. vii). Churchill is best known for leading England through...

A Fighting Spirit: How Winston Churchill’s “Military Intelligence” Saved Britain

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By Editor
November 12, 2020
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Of all the 20th century statesmen, dead or alive, Sir Winston Churchill (1844–1965) was the quintessential “Renaissance man.” Though he went down in history as Great Britain’s Prime Minister during WWII, he was also an avid painter, Nobel Prize-winning author, and impassioned orator. No wonder...