The Truth About Winston Churchill - Andrew Roberts

March, 2024 -
Andrew Roberts is an English historian, journalist and member of the House of Lords. He is the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Lehrman Institute Distinguished Lecturer at the New-York Historical Society. He is a New York Times bestselling author, having written dozens of books including biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte (2014) and Winston Churchill (2018)

00:00 Introduction
01:30 Churchill’s Birth & Early Life
06:07 The Values of a Victorian
10:20 How Successful Was Churchill in the Military?
16:25 Churchill During the First World War
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26:00 Did Churchill Believe Britain Was Becoming Weak?
30:56 Churchill’s Post-1918 Political Career
33:49 What Caused the Decline of the British Empire?
36:48 Churchill in the Early 1930s
43:07 Do We Remember Neville Chamberlain Unfairly?
52:21 How Close Britain Was to Defeat
54:22 Churchill’s Strength & Success in Government Roles
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59:30 How Churchill Turned the Situation Around
1:04:22 America’s Involvement in the Conflict
1:11:00 Was Churchill Actually an Alcoholic?
1:15:57 The Moral Debates Going on During the War
1:19:57 When Did Britain Learn About Concentration Camps?
1:21:27 What Ended the Nazi Regime?
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1:25:10 Churchill’s Deal With Stalin
1:32:06 What Churchill Thought of Hitler
1:38:54 How Churchill’s Views Would be Seen Today
1:43:21 What Can We Learn From Winston Churchill?
1:46:02 Are There Parallels Between Then & Now?
1:50:05 How to Frame the Discussion Around the British Empire
1:53:02 How Did Churchill See Through the Nazis Before Anyone Else?

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