Ep 052 "CG Excursion: Churchill: Imperial Bombast and the Death of the West"
Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare PodcastShow Notes
This is an episode to examine what Churchill really did for the West after witnessing the emotional & ahistorical outbursts by the usual suspects after Darryl Cooper from the Martyrmade Podcast appeared on Tucker Carlson on 2 SEP 2024. I am simply addressing the claims of Churchill as "the chief villain" which I think was hyperbolic (Cooper accedes to this) because I think Churchill was one of many villains during WWII. I am a reluctant Anglophile and I think historical revisionism is a healthy reaction to triumphalist historiography in the West that has made questioning accepted narratives a scholar crime. Listen to the interview yourself before arriving at any conclusions. References: William Manchester The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965 Andrew Roberts Churchill: Walking with Destiny David Reynolds In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War John Charmley Churchill: The End of Glory : A Political Biography John Charmley Churchill's Grand Alliance: The Anglo-American Special Relationship 1940-57 Gordan Corrigan BLOOD, SWEAT AND ARROGANCE: The Myth's of Churchill's War Madhusree Mukerjee Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II Thomas Ricks Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom Patrick J. Buchanan Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Nicolai Tolstoy Victims of Yalta: The Secret Betrayal of the Allies: 1944-1947 Robert A. Pape Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War Ralph Raico on Rethinking Churchill The Libertarian Institute Blog My Substack Email at [email protected]
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