The World Crisis Archives - Richard M. Langworth

Churchill on Armistice Day: War, Peace and Foreboding

11 November 2022 Comments 1 Comment

"Is this the end? Is it to be merely a chapter in a cruel and senseless story? Will a new generation in their turn be immolated to square the black accounts of Teuton and Gaul? Will our children bleed and gasp again in devastated lands? Or will there spring from the very fires of conflict that reconciliation of the three giant combatants, which would unite their genius and secure to each in safety and freedom a share in rebuilding the glory of Europe?" —WSC

Winston Churchill’s Rule of Criticism after the Fact

28 February 2022 Comments 1 Comment

Churchill claimed he never criticized a policy later that he had not publicly criticized when it was first raised. True, he was often on both sides of issues, and could pick his criticisms accordingly. But he in time he usually arrived at the right conclusions.

Wikipedia: Churchill’s World War Accounts, History or Memoirs?

22 January 2022 Comments 0 Comments

It is important to get this right, because Churchill's accounts of the two world wars are often incorrectly described as histories. He was adamant that this was a job for later historians.