Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice - from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955.
Winston Churchill - The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953 was awarded to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."
Winston Churchill: calling for a United States of Europe; European Commission
Winston Churchill, a former army officer, war reporter and British Prime Minister (1940-45 and 1951-55), was one of the first to call for the creation of a ‘United States of Europe’. Following the Second World War, he was convinced that only a united Europe could guarantee peace.
Winston Churchill and the Council of Europe
During the 1940s Winston Churchill was one of the main protagonists in a new regional organisation that was to become the Council of Europe. His speech to a crowd in Place Kléber, Strasbourg, on the occasion of the First Session of the Consultative Assembly was a big media event.
Comillas Journal of International Relations
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Winston Churchill, speech delivered at the University of Zurich; 19 September 1946
Selected House of Commons Speeches
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historical writer, and an artist. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Churchill museum and cabinet war rooms
IWM is a global authority on conflict and its impact on people’s lives.
Winston Churchill 1874-1965; Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
Winston Churchill; Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération; Paris
America's National Churchill Museum; Fulton, Missouri
America's National Churchill Museum at Westminster College commemorates and celebrates the life, times, and distinguished career of Sir Winston Churchill and inspires current and future leaders by his example of resilience, determination, and resolution.
Winston Churchill and the European Union; David Ramiro Troitiño, Archil Chochia; Baltic Journal of Law & Politics; 2015; Volume 8; Issue 1; pp. 55-81
Given Winston Churchill’s influence and achievement as a writer, historian, adventurer, soldier, artist, and politician, his participation in the European integration process is crucial to understanding the entire scope of the project in its origins. Churchill was a fundamental voice promoting the Franco-British Union, a promoter of the European Communities, and an active participant of the Congress of Europe, embryo of the Council of Europe. This article analyzes Churchill’s view of European integration through his political speeches, in particular those delivered in Zurich and in The Hague (...).
The Rhetoric of Geopolitical Fiction in Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech; Florian Andrei Vlad; Cultural Intertexts; 2019; Volume 9; Issue 9; pp. 209-219
An examination of the power of words, of the realm shared by fiction, poetry and political discourse, brings us to one of the most important common points linking the language of literature and its rhetoric, on the one hand, and the rhetoric of political discourse on the other: the consistent use of figurative language to appeal to the feelings of audiences. Most people would think, whether rightly or wrongly, of politics as relatively impure and manipulative and of literary language as elevated and enlightening. The emphasis in this text, a reconsideration of Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain Speech,” is not on the evaluation of the quality of the literary and political discourses, but on the devices used in the public space that heavily rely on what one usually calls fictional, literary, even poetical devices to create “extra-literary” effects.
Winston S. Churchill's legacy to the Royal Navy, 1911-1915; Maria S. Higgins; Naval War College Review; 1974; Volume 27; Issue 3; pp. 67–77
One of the ironies of military and naval history is that the men who are effective in building and providing for fleet readiness in peacetime are doomed to obscurity, while wartime leaders are acknowledged as heroes and assured of a niche in history. While Winston Churchill is well recognized for his part in World War II, the general naval community has little appreciation for the profound impact he had in initiating change in the Royal Navy prior to World War I.
The “Churchill factor” and its influence on the Brexit debate: Defining the Churchill myth; Alma-Pierre Bonnet; Observatoire de la société britannique; 2020; Volume 25; pp. 65-86
(...) This paper aims to discuss the way Churchill and his image have shaped Brexit. Churchill’s overbearing shadow, what we might call “the Churchill myth”, seems to have pervaded the Brexit debate as the result of the fateful referendum can be interpreted, in part, as Britain’s inability to come to terms with her glorious past. I will first define the Churchill myth to see that it fitted perfectly with the way Brexiters campaigned in the 2016 referendum.
British parliamentary attitudes towards a supranational parliament and the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, 1948–49; Teemu Häkkinen; Parliaments, Estates and Representation; 2018; Volume 38; Issue 1; pp. 63-75
With a mounting communist threat from Eastern Europe after the Second World War, in Western Europe an attempt was made to create permanent structures not only to help in facilitating cooperation in different fields of life to rebuild societies, but to launch a common European supranational parliamentary body. The creation of the Council of Europe in May 1949 proved to be a compromise. It lacked a workable European parliament, as had been the vision of certain federalists in many Western European countries.
Winston Churchill’s Essay on Alien Life Found; Mario Livio; Nature (London); 2017; Volume 542; Issue 7641; pp. 289–291
Winston Churchill is best known as a wartime leader, one of the most influential politicians of the twentieth century, a clear-eyed historian and an eloquent orator. He was also passionate about science and technology.
The Leader; Winston Churchill; Nic MacLellan
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Grappling with the Bomb: Britain’s Pacific H-bomb tests
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Winston Churchill and the Aristocracy; Roland Quinault
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Anciennes et nouvelles aristocraties : De 1880 à nos jours
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Four or fewer freedoms: justice contested and codified between 1941 and 1957; Barbara Oomen and Alexandra Timmer
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Heroic Chancellor: Winston Churchill and the University of Bristol 1929–65
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The International Churchill Society (ICS)
The International Churchill Society (ICS), founded in 1968 shortly after Churchill’s death, is the world’s preeminent member organisation dedicated to preserving the historic legacy of Sir Winston Churchill. At a time when leadership is challenged at every turn, that legacy looms larger and remains more relevant than ever.
The European Movement was founded by Winston Churchill in 1949 to promote European unity. For over 75 years, we have worked to build a closer relationship with our European neighbours.
The European Movement is a cross-party, single-issue organisation. We are powered by our 21,000 members, over 200,000 campaign supporters, over 100 local groups, and our strong networks in Westminster and the EU.
The European Movement President is Lord Heseltine, and our Chair is Dr Mike Galsworthy. The Movement’s strategy is determined by our National Council – a 100 strong body of campaigners from across the UK. Sir Nick Harvey, CEO, leads the staff team and oversees operational delivery of the strategy.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill is one of the most celebrated world leaders in history. An accomplished statesman and author, Churchill had a legacy that involved overcoming tribulations and ushering in peace. Churchill Central aims to foster intelligent discussions about the former Prime Minister and help modern audiences find wisdom in his writings and actions. Our goal is to cultivate new appreciation for Churchill’s ideals (...).
Founded by Royal Charter in 1960, Churchill College is the national and Commonwealth memorial to Sir Winston Churchill, Britain’s great wartime Prime Minister — the embodiment of his vision for how higher education can benefit society in the modern age.
The Churchill Archives Centre was purpose-built in 1973 to house Sir Winston Churchill’s papers— some 3000 boxes of letters and documents ranging from his first childhood letters, via his great war-time speeches, to the writings which earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature. They form an incomparable documentary treasure trove.
Published in October 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing in collaboration with the Churchill Archives Centre, the Churchill Archive is a digital library of modern international history. It includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Winston S. Churchill’s personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders.
El modelo de integración europea de Churchill; David Ramiro Troitino, Maria de la Paz Pando Ballesteros; Revista de Occidente; Volume 433; 2018; pp. 57-71
La activación de las negociaciones para la salida del Reino Unido de la Unión Europea ha supuesto un renovado interés en la relación histórica entre ambas entidades. Winston Churchill es el máximo icono político británico del siglo XX y se ha convertido en objeto de actualidad y debate político. Frente a la posición mayoritaria que se acerca tangencialmente al tema, utilizando como máxima referencia de estudio el conocido discurso pronunciado por Churchill en Zúrich en 1946, consideramos que dicha disertación, analizada de forma exclusiva, puede distorsionar la auténtica actitud del que fuera Primer Ministro británico hacia la integración europea, tal y como le ocurrió al antiguo presidente de la Comisión Europea, Barroso, en 2013.
Churchill, le fascisme et les fascistes; Antoine Capet
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À droite de la droite
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Bastions de la démocratie libérale en Europe au début du xxe siècle, la France et la Grande- Bretagne ont été affectés par le processus de radicalisation des droites à divers moments de leur histoire respective. Ligues patriotiques du début du siècle, partis fascistes ou fascisants de l’entre-deux-guerres et extrêmes droites xénophobes et nationalistes d’après 1945 ont successivement contribué à affirmer l’existence d’une droite de la droite dans les deux pays.
L’ouvrage pose la question des relations entre droites radicales et modérées à l’échelle du siècle : quelles interactions, quels recoupements idéologiques, quel socle militant partagé, quelles répudiations observe-t-on entre ces deux milieux ?
Sont tour à tour abordés les cultures politiques des droites radicales, ensemble composite défini par une grande diversité idéologique, les échanges et circulations d’idées qui s’opèrent entre ces milieux de part et d’autre de la Manche, leur faculté à recruter des soutiens auprès des femmes, ainsi que les relations qui s’instaurent entre droites radicales et modérées au fil du siècle.
À droite de la droite concourt à replacer le débat sur les droites radicales au-delà de la simple question de leur succès électoral et à interroger les spécificités idéologiques et structurelles de la « droite de la droite » dans chacun de ces contextes nationaux.
Etude comparative des discours de guerre de David Lloyd George et Winston Churchill; Alma-Pierre Bonnet; Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté; 2018; 463 p.
L’intitulé de ce travail de recherche est « étude comparative des discours de guerre de David Lloyd George et Winston Churchill ». Nous avons choisi de situer cette étude à la croisée de plusieurs champs disciplinaires : la civilisation, notamment l’histoire politique, la stylistique et dans une moindre mesure, certaines branches de la psychologie. La civilisation en est le domaine principal dans la mesure où les objets de recherche sont des discours écrits par deux hommes qui ont marqué leur époque et marqué l’histoire en général1 . La dimension politique est également primordiale car l’étude porte sur deux Premiers ministres dont les décisions politiques ont influencé le cours de la Première et de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ces deux aspects plus civilisationnels sont à mettre en relation avec l’approche stylistique et linguistique que nous avons choisie. En effet, l’étude des discours, de leurs mots et de leurs sens constitue la base de ce travail.
Winston Churchill – Staatsmann der Widersprüche; SWR 2 Wissen; 2020
Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) gilt als einer der größten und umstrittensten Politiker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er motivierte die Briten zum entschlossen Kampf gegen Hitler und hoffte auf die "Vereinigten Staaten von Europa". Doch sein Charakter und manche rassistische Äußerung bietet auch viel Anlass für Kritik.
Winston Churchill und die europäische Familie; Annalena B.; Demokratiegeschichten; 2019
Austritt oder kein Austritt, geregelt oder ungeregelt? Erst im Oktober oder doch schon im Mai? Der Brexit sorgt nicht nur in Großbritannien, sondern europaweit für Aufregung. Diskutiert wird nicht nur über den Austritt eines Landes, sondern auch über den Sinn der europäischen Gemeinschaft an sich. Dabei war es ein Brite, der diesen Gemeinschafts-Gedanken schon früh förderte: Winston Churchill.
Als Winston Churchill zur Ikone der Europabewegung wurde: Züricher „Europa-Rede“ 1946; Bert-Oliver Manig; Deutschlandfunk; 2021
Winston Churchills Züricher Rede vom 19. September 1946 zählt zu den größten Ansprachen dieses Meisters politischer Rhetorik. In ihrer Wirkung als Startschuss zur Europäischen Einigung ist sie kaum zu überschätzen – dabei ging es ihm zuvorderst um die Rettung des britischen Empire.
Fathers of Europe; Robert Schuman Foundation
(...) In the past a great number had already put forward the idea of a united Europe, notably Aristide Briand and Richard Nikolaus de Coudenhove-Kalergi, and also in a more distant past, Victor Hugo when he delivered his famous speech on the “United States of Europe” on 21st August 1849 at the Peace Congress; there was also Winston Churchill who put forward his vision of a united Europe as a remedy to nationalist passions during his speech to students at the University of Zurich in 1946 (...).
Winston Churchill - The Greatest Briton; UK Parliament
In a 2002 BBC poll Winston Churchill was voted the Greatest Briton, mainly for his efforts during the Second World War.
Special Issue: Transnationalism in the 1950s: Europe, debates and politics; History of European Ideas; Volume 46; Issue 1; 2020
Publishes research on the intellectual history of Europe from the Renaissance onwards, from political and economic thought to philosophy, science and literature.
How Churchill Waged War; University of Cambridge
Words: Allen Packwood & Stuart Roberts; Story design: Stuart Roberts
The End of WWII and the Division of Europe; Center for European Studies, a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence
Despite their wartime alliance, tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States and Great Britain intensified rapidly as the war came to a close and the leaders discussed what to do with Germany. Post-war negotiations took place at two conferences in 1945, one before the official end of the war, and one after. These conferences set the stage for the beginning of the Cold War and of a divided Europe.
An Exhibition at Hillsdale College - Virtual Tour
Winston Churchill began his hobby of painting at 40 years old. For Churchill, the art of painting—like the art of statesmanship, is mastered only when all of the intricate details involved aim toward a fixed purpose, or in Churchill’s words, “a single unity of conception.” Both arts, if done well, are guided by and reflect timeless principles.
Rebulding a devided continent - Permanent Exhibition
The period after 1945: Europe is in ruins, disempowered and divided between two opposing global forces, the United States of America and the Soviet Union. United by fear of Communism, some Western European countries began the path of co-operation at a supranational level in order to tame nationalism and dismantle the risk of war. In Eastern Europe however, liberation for many meant the replacement of Nazi tyranny by Communist dictatorship under Soviet control.
Churchill's last stand : the struggle to unite Europe
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After the Second World War, with much of Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill swore to build a peace across Europe that would last a generation. Fighting against the new 'Iron Curtain' which had fallen across the world, and battling the personal disappointment of losing the 1945 election in Britain, Churchill dedicated the rest of his life to forging a united Europe. This book, based in part on new evidence, reveals his vision: Britain as a leading member of the European family. Through Churchill's own private papers, Felix Klos unveils Churchill's personal battle to regain his place in world affairs, his confidential conversations with European leaders and the thinking and preparation behind some of his most powerful speeches. A beautifully written history of Europe after the war, and a new glimpse at one of its greatest statesmen.
Churchill on Europe : the untold story of Churchill's European project
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'When the Nazi power was broken, I asked myself what was the best advice I could give to my fellow citizens here in this island and across the channel in our ravaged continent. There was no difficulty in answering the question. My counsel to Europe can be given in a single word: Unite!' - Sir Winston Churchill in 1947. After the Second World War, with Europe in ruins, the victorious Winston Churchill swore to build a peace that would last.Together with a group of thinkers and politicians, Churchill began to build the institutions and the political will that would eventually lead to what we now know as the European Union.He believed in a united Europe, and wanted Britain to play a leading role. This book, based in part on new evidence, reveals his vision: Britain as a leading member of the European family. On the 23rd June this book asks us all to think carefully: what would Churchill have done?
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