The UK needs to realize that cutting trade links with the continent has always been dumb — whether for Napoleon in December 1807 or Johnson in December 2020.
May and Churchill
Theresa May and Winston Churchill have a lot in common. Except that Churchill delivered, whereas May can’t.
Forget Fake News. Worry About Fake History Oscars
Two movies about Britain in 1940 – Dunkirk and the Darkest Hour – have collected plenty of Oscar nominations. Yet, both movies are full of historical nonsense.
Annals of War: How Woodrow Wilson Cost Europe a Century – Part II
Did American intervention in WWI help destabilize the European continent?
Winston Churchill: Hagiography Versus History
Churchill is hero, not history, and Britain still lives under his shadow.
Churchill’s Disgruntled Diatribe on Islam
The West’s policy in the Muslim world may hearken back to opinions held by leaders from its past.
Churchill: Architect of Catastrophe, 1914
How a legendary politician needlessly took Britain into a continental war in 1914.
Continuity at the Top
Popes, presidents, CEOs and prime ministers — which organization has had the least turnover in leadership?
David Cameron: Embracing Europe in Churchill’s Footsteps
Is David Cameron following in the footsteps of Churchill and Thatcher by balancing anti-Europe sentiment against pro-Europe cooperation?