With the demise of the print version of Newsweek, it is worth discussing my favorite cover. Anyone looking through old news magazines before and during World War II can look no further than Newsw...
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The Battle of the Bulge Monument at the Valley Forge Military Academy and College prominently displays a quote from Winston Churchill (1874-1965), "This is undoubtedly the greatest American battl...
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Throughout the 1930's, Winston Churchill spoke out concerning German rearmament, Britain's lack of comparable military strength, and Adolf Hitler. Churchill spent most of the decade a mere Member...
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Years ago, my mom sent me an 8x11 photo of Churchill, FDR, and Stalin at the Yalta Conference. She knows my love for history and she envisioned me hanging this on my wall at work. I did. The phot...
Reprinted by permission of Finest Hour, Number 145, Winter 2009-10, The Churchill Centre and Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms, London (www.winstonchurchill.org). Text copyright © Scott Manning 20...
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Military historian John Keegan once said that historians "are committed to controversy as a way of life." ((John Keegan, The Battle for History: Re-Fighting World War II (New York: Vintage Book...
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The purpose of this presentation is to give people an understanding why Churchill is worth studying today. The presentation takes look at why most of us remember Churchill, an overview of his pol...
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Critics of Winston Churchill have been quick to quote lines from an article entitled "The Truth About Hitler". ((Available in Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill Volume V Companion Part 3 Docum...
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The following is one of many articles written by Winston Churchill for the Evening Standard. This is an often quoted article used by critics of Churchill to give the impression that at one point...
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Patrick J. Buchanan's Churchill, Hitler, and the "Unnecessary War" gets part of its title from a quote by Winston Churchill. Buchanan has brought the term up in several interviews a statement m...
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