Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: What He Actually Did and Said

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Table of Contents Preface Part 1. Youth 1 “Chief leader of men” 2 Jennie’s Indiscretions, Jack’s Parentage 3 The Menace of Education 4 What Killed Lord Randolph? Part 2. Young Statesman 5. Votes for Women 6 The Sinking of the Titanic 7 The Unpleasantness on Sidney Street 8 “The sullen feet of marching men in Tonypandy” 9 Ireland: “We could never have done anything without him” Part 3. World War I 10 “All his war paint” 11 The Defense of Antwerp 12 “What about the Dardanelles?” 13 Losing the Lusi 14 America and World War I 15 Chemical Warfare Part 4. Between the World Wars 16 “Taking more out of alcohol” 17 The Bolshevik Menace 18 Trial by Jewry 19 The Trouble with Mr. Gandhi 20 Mussolini, Lawgiver and Jackal 21 Hitler as a “Great Contemporary” Part 5. World War II 22 The Voice They Heard 23 “Collar the lot” 24 Torturous Topics 25 The Bombing of Coventry 26 The Second Front Fracas 27 Mad Bomber 28 Starving the Indians 29 The Brain in Spain Was Absent from the Plane 30 The Destruction of Monte Cassino 31 What to Do About Auschwitz? 32 Feeding the Oppressed Part 6. Postwar Years 33 Spheres of Influence 34. Nuking Moscow 35 Trouble ’n’ Strife 36 On European Union 37 The Common Touch Appendix 1: Minor Myths, Fables and Things That Go Bump in the Night Appendix 2: Red Herrings: Mythological Churchill Quotes Appendix 3: The Hillsdale College Churchill Project Chapter Notes Bibliography Index