winston churchill is the reason why churchill's announce the onset of the cold war which would continue for 43 years. as he did in the 1930s 1940s churchill saw things early and said things clearly. i haven't amiable long distance disagreement as a child of central illinois i insist lincoln is the greatest figure in the history of world politics. and everyone insists it is churchill. this much is indisputable. the only remaining argument he did something that great hoarders can do cap the imagination, anxiety, puzzlement, a phrase that riveted attention, is into two syllable words the high stakes of the politics, it was of course iron curtain. the word iron suggested the danger of permanence as did the beginning of august of 1961 the concrete of the berlin wall. but part of churchill's realism which is my subject today is the knowledge that nothing necessarily lasts. nothing. the only political things that last work tirelessly to make permanent or to get rid of. the second phrase iron curtain, the phrase which itself has lasted is the word curtain. curtains are put up to prevent people

winston churchill is the reason why americans know this the baltic and -- is on the adriatic. second, churchill speech announced the onset of the cold war, which will hood continue for 43 years. and as they did in the 1930s, and the 1940s, churchill sopping's her his way and he said things clearly. i have an amiable long-distance disagreement with my friend andrew regions -- the best biographer of churchill. as a child of illinois, i insist that lincoln is the greatest figure in the history of world politics and i insist that it is churchill. this much is indisputable. the only remaining argument concerns which historical figure gets the bronze medal for third place. when churchill spoke at westminster college, he did something that great orators can do. he implanted in the vocabulary of his era, a phrase that caught the areas imagination, anxieties. a phrase that riveted attention and distilled and a two two syllable words, the high stakes of the earliest politics. the phrase was of course, iron curtain. the word iron suggests the danger of permanence, as did beginning in augu

you can find in a documentary about the boer more. >> now you've heard of winston churchill, that's all i have to say, the latest and the greatest correspondent of the day. three different name p.o.w. camp, churchill briefly rejoin the british army. this time on a south african light horse. and after the capture of victoria, six months later, he believed the war was over. he once again resigned his commission and returned to britain. what churchill did not know, could not know, was the boer war was far from over. the war turned into a vicious guerrilla war. units of boer fighters, call commandoes, staged hit and run raids against british forces. this method of irregular warfare, even from distance, made a deep impression on churchill. for decades later he picked up on the idea, looking for a way to take the second world war into not see occupied euro. he ordered the formation of hit and run units whose name he game to them, that form group for decades earlier, the commandoes. after a great deal of suffering in southern africa, not least among civilians, black and white, the boer war fin

that's not to say that winston churchill's career was one of six one success after another far from it. churchill's faults were legend and i plan to talk about a few of them today. having said that he's still one of the most remarkable men ever to lead a nation in war and in peace. what we tend to forget though is a churchill was a journalist as well as a politician. he was sorry about this. he was a writer as well as a soldier. according to his most recent biographer churchill wrote 37 books a record that surpasses the combined works of william shakespeare. and charles dickens combined. his speeches account for five million words, which together form another eight volumes in their own, right? add to that over 700 articles, he would write over the course of his long lifetime and his correspondence letters personal and official as well as government memoranda. and if that were not enough for a very busy life churchill even became something of an accomplished. if amateur artists over the course of 50 years. he painted more than 540 canvases. and it was the only occupation the close frien

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winston churchill said, he must in -- indeed have a blind soul that can see some purpose or design isot being worked here below of which we have the honor to be faithful servants. and that he admonish of our relationship as i speak today of america's alliance with israel. that in the days to come, the people of the jewish state of israel and the united states of america will come in his words, for their own safety, for the good of all, walk together in majesty and justice and peace. and i know we will. i do not know what the future holds for my family or yours, but we know who holds the future. if we will better renew our faith in him, and in his eternal promise, i believe the best days for america and our most cherished ally israel are yet to come. we will walk together in a boundless future of freedom and inspire all mankind, so help us god. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] god bless you, god bless israel and god bless america. [applause] ♪

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she can compete with winston churchill thatcher came to power in the midst of an economic crisis.og. albion was in complete decline. decline in production. inflation, unemployment, its reforms were based on the principles of monetarism and the free market, the privatization of state-owned enterprises and the curtailment of social programs at first they caused a storm of protests, but thatcher was a slag of the intended purpose. by the way, she was the first to utter the catchphrase that free cheese is only in a mousetrap in foreign policy thatcher was, resolutely setting an example of this, the falklin war with argentina, which the british won, she was called the iron lady and quote, the best and only man in the british cabinet. that was the day in history. they tell how where the monster return the memory of dissociative anesthesia, no remembers what happened to him. and who is he the brightest events of life. he, too, will remember everything else when he was young. we only need you young 50.000 hour 3 hour minimum wage to find a true friend. i know that the same concept i share

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sir winston churchill has resigned from the position of prime minister.winston churchill was not a fan of tv. sir harold wilson is speeding towards london by train. we think we may be able to contact him by radio telephone. we're going to try. mr wilson? 0thers soon saw the opportunity. may i tell you the result - of the labour gain this morning at brighton kempton? hello? i seem to have lost you. the bbc, mrs thatcher. crafted their soundbites. where there is doubt, may we bring faith. i and where there is despair, may we bring hope. - naturally very pleased that i got more... 1707 is hereby reconvened. so wales, after all that, has voted yes. and it is a very good morning in wales. . good morning from brian redhead and john humphrys. it's thursday... testy conversations. well, you've been a supporter of the labour party— all your life, brian. so i expect you to say something like that. i do you think we should have a one minute silence now in this interview for you to apologise for daring to suggest that you know how i vote? did you threaten to overrule

sir winston churchill has resigned from the position of prime minister.st his own. but winston churchill was not a fan of tv. sir harold wilson is speeding towards london by train. we think we may be able to contact him by radio telephone. we're going to try. mr wilson? 0thers soon saw the opportunity. may i tell you the result - of the labour gain this morning at brighton kempton? hello? i seem to have lost you. the bbc, mrs thatcher. crafted their soundbites. where there is doubt, may we bring faith. i and where there is despair, may we bring hope. - there are hundreds of members of the media who swarm around the prime minister... had fun at our expense. ..and the idea from the conservatives' point of view is to get the best possible... it's here. this is the microphone. naturally very pleased that i got more... the scottish parliament adjourned on the 25th day of march in the year 1707 is hereby reconvened. so wales, after all that, has voted yes. and it is a very good morning in wales. . good morning from brian redhead and john humphrys. it's thursday

initially, british prime minister winston churchill planned a meeting only with us president franklin roosevelt in order to reconsider the decision to open a second front not in france but in the balkans and cut off the advancing red army from europe, but roosevelt did not want to play along with the british and negotiate for stalin's back and invited the chinese leader chiang kai-shek to cairo, switching the discussion to joint action. against japan, an invitation was sent to vyacheslav molotov, but moscow did not come here then, and then observed the pact of neutrality. tokyo in cairo was signed with a declaration of war aims against japan , the governments of the united states of america, great britain and china stated that they do not seek any conquest for themselves and have no thoughts of territorial expansion. however, after the end of world war ii, the british unleashed aggressive wars in the countries of the far east who stole for their freedom in fact, violating the position of the cairo conference. on this day in 1960 , a truly affordable people's car appeared in the ussr.

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now, more from george mason history professor kevin matthews at the three part look at winston churchill life and legacy. this is part of the smithsonian seminar series. >> without further delay i want to turn it over to you kevin matthews for the second part. kevin? we are not seeing you at the moment >> now, more from george mason, history professor kevin matthews at the three part look at winston churchill life and legacy. this is part of the smithsonian seminar series. >> without further delay i want to turn it over to you kevin matthews for the second part. kevin? we are not seeing you at the moment i thought i'd clicked. it, there you go. >> it's one of those days. right to go back to the story, churchill was in government with the war and he started. a member of chamberlain's war cabinet. and we try to get this thing to go from here. yes, here we go. but, he was isolated as i said and yesterday. the period between september 1939, and 1940 is commonly known as the phony war. that's because while the french manned there frontier behind a line, the british side a british expeditionar

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winston churchill has a career filled with failure after he's for the boer war. bad idea. he's for the invasion of gallipoli. he actually designs it. disaster. he's for cutting the british navy in the 1920s. not a good idea, but he becomes a towering in world war two, a truly heroic figure for all his flaws. right. what does this tell us? right. there's no leader for all seasons. leadership is circumstantial leadership is circumstantial. i spent a lot of time in the book talking about ulysses grant and andrew johnson and. rutherford behaves though no one remembers rutherford b hayes right. these were men who were ill suited for the presidency at the time for different reasons andrew johnson wanted to reverse the history he had just lived through ulysses grant who had a fundamental, came to african-americans in a fundamentally different because of their service in the war was politically maladroit in every way and course he was he was trained in a hierarchy the organization where everyone follows orders. have you seen our politics it's not how it works. he could n

lord mountbatten a member of the british royal family the last viceroy of india, and of course winston churchill churchill wrote glowingly about chaplain's early work as a young entertainer during churchill's own early days as journalist. churchill in fact was a frequent flyer in the chaplain orbit visiting him in hollywood and meeting with him during chaplain's various trips back to the uk. but conservatives beyond churchill could have found more to like about chaplain had they been looking more carefully for things to like about his work. in many of his films chaplain's character is a striving capitalist figure trying with all his might to find and keep a job in difficult circumstances. in many of the tramps films chaplain's character is trying very hard to escape poverty by his wits and to find a way to settle down in a conventional marriage with a secure one might even say a suburban dream of financial security in modern times of 1936, which has my vote for the most interesting film to consider in this conversation about chaplain's politics the little tramp runs off to apply for a job every