Why Study Winston Churchill

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Why Study Winston Churchill?

Presented by Scott Manning


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Why Study Winston Churchill?

This presentation will cover the following topics:

Why most of us remember Churchill

An overview of Churchill's life, political, and writing career

A closer work at some of Churchill's words

How recent leaders saw Churchill

Studying Churchill


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When Churchill died...

Great Britain held a state

funeral for Churchill.

oIt was the last such funeral

for someone outside the

royal family.

More than 300,000 people

walked past Churchill's

casket.

oReagan had 200,000.

What made Great Britain mourn this man?


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Why Churchill is Remembered Today

Churchill is best known for his words and leadership of Great

Britain during World War II.

May 13, 1940 - "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat"

June 4, 1940 - "We will fight on the beaches"

October 29, 1941 - "Never Give In!"

Churchill's leadership during this time is what makes the world

recognize him as great, but he was great before and after thistime.


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Churchill's Life

Born in 1874

Died in 1965

To understand the length of time Churchill's life covered,

consider this:

He was born 10 years after the American Civil War ended.

He died the same year Malcolm X was assassinated.

Now consider all the events that occurred within that timeperiod.

Now consider that Churchill came onto the world stage at

age 19 and never really left until he was dead.


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Churchill's Political Career

No British politician has come close to the career Churchill had

which highlights include:

62 years served as a member of Parliament

Prime Minister (twice)Head of the Navy (twice)

Head of the army and air force

Secretary of State

Treasurer

Head of the colonies

Head of war supplies


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Churchill's Writing Career

Churchill wrote 43 books on a wide variety of topics:

Various memoirs and histories of wars including the World

Wars

A History of the English-Speaking PeoplesHistories of his forefathers

Political topics of the day

For his six-volume series onWorld War II, Churchill was

awarded the Nobel Prize for

Literature in 1963.


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Churchill's Words

Churchill left us with memorable quotes that are used today.

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by

so many to so few."

"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.

But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron

curtain has descended across the Continent."

Churchill has been quoted by political leaders such as BillClinton, Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Gordon Brown, and

Barrack Obama.


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How Recent Leaders Saw Churchill

"Sir Winston stands unrivaled as the

preeminent statesman of our century."

"The English-speaking peoples whom

he loved, and all who cherish freedom,owe a lasting debt to this superbly gifted

man, who played such a vital role in

leading the free world from the 'Gathering

Storm' to its 'Finest Hour.'"

President Ronald Reagan (1982)


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"Winston Churchill illustrates dramatically

that whatever theory one espouses, a

place has to be found for personality, for

leadership, for individual drive and

determination, for history has shownmany times that the fortunes of nations

can be transformed, for good or ill, by the

character and deeds of individuals."

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1990)


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"We do not need a nation of Einsteins,

but we do need a nation of Churchills - as

principals, mayors, governors, running

businesses that emphasize people

development - visionaries who believe inthemselves and have the will and

courage it takes to succeed."

President Bill Clinton (1990)


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"Winston Churchill was a man of

extraordinary personal gifts; yet his

greatest strength was his unshakable

confidence in the power and appeal of

liberty. It was the great fortune ofmankind that he was there in an hour of

peril."

President George W. Bush (2004)


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Studying Churchill

There is a vast amount of material by Churchill.

43 books by Churchill, almost all of which are non-fiction

Numerous articles and commentary found throughout

newspapers

SpeechesCorrespondence

Meeting Minutes


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Studying Churchill continued

Martin Gilbert has published the most material on Churchill.

8 volume biography, the largest in history

22 volumes of correspondence, meeting minutes, articles,

speeches, and diary entries by people in Churchill's world


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Studying Churchill continued

8 volume set of complete speeches edited by Robert Rhodes

James

Churchill Archives (http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/)

The Churchill Centre (http://www.winstonchurchill.org/)

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Visit

http://www.digitalsurvivors.com/archives/winstonschurchill.ph

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