Churchill

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• 7/3/2020
  

  How Britain and Churchill Repelled the Nazi War Machine (1940-1941)

  by Jeff Roquen

  In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson has not only produced an engaging and timely portrait of the perilous period of when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany but has also illuminated how tragedy and loss can be turned into a triumph and justice through steadfast determination and solidarity of purpose.  

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/25/20
  

  How Churchill Brought Britain Back From the Brink: Erik Larson's Book Reviewed in NY Times

  A review of THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  3/28/19
  

  What if Churchill Had Been Prime Minister in 1919?

  by Andrew Roberts

  More than most, he understood the grave challenges facing the West at the end of World War I.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-26-17
  

  Mike Huckabee Says Trump Is Like Churchill. Historians Disagree.

  Mr. Huckabee had just watched “Darkest Hour,” a film about Churchill. It was, he wrote on Twitter, a reminder of “what real leadership looks like.”

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• 12/24/17
  

  ‘V’ for Victory: Latest Churchill Film Soars

  by Bruce Chadwick

  The strength of "Darkest Hour," a monumental history movie, is a deep and gorgeous portrait of Churchill, the man who single handedly saved Britain.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  4-1-16
  

  Book: Hitler Couldn't Defeat Churchill, But Champagne Nearly Did

  In the years before he battled Hitler, Churchill was sunk in debt and booze.

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• SOURCE: Mental Floss
  12-1-15
  

  Hitler’s Plan to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill—at the Same Time

  by David Brown

  During World War II, heads of state were on high alert for assassination attempts.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8-21-15
  

  How Moscow’s man in Westminster charmed Churchill out of Britain’s wartime secrets

  by Gabriel Gorodetsky

  Ivan Maisky had a front-row seat at some of the most pivotal events of the interwar era, recording them in the only diary to have been written by a major Soviet official during Stalin’s great terror.

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• 2-23-15
  

  Winston Churchill: Back and as Feisty as Ever

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Ronald Keaton is a delight as Britain’s wartime leader in Churchill, written by Keaton and nicely directed by Kurt Johns. Keaton brings the English leader back to life in an admirable show that is extraordinarily informative.

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• Review of Richard Moe's "Roosevelt's Second Act"

  by Bernard von Bothmer

  Was the 1940 presidential election the most important in American history?