Winston Churchill: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
The official biography, Winston S. Churchill (1966â ), was begun by Churchillâs son, Randolph S. Churchill, and continued by Martin Gilbert, each volume covering a successive span of years and supported by companion volumes of documents. Churchillâs own writings are an indispensable autobiographical source; see While England Slept: A Survey of World Affairs, 1932â1938, with preface and notes by Randolph S. Churchill (1938, reprinted 1971; U.K. title, Arms and the Covenant: Speeches, 1938, reissued 1975). Violet Bonham Carter, Winston Churchill: An Intimate Portrait (U.K. title, Winston Churchill As I Knew Him, 1965), is a vivid memoir. Lord Charles Moran, Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940â1965 (1966, reissued 1976), written by his physician, gives intimate glimpses of his late years. See also Henry Pelling, Winston Churchill (1974, reissued 1977), a comprehensive biography; Joseph P. Lash, Roosevelt and Churchill, 1939â1941: The Partnership That Saved the West (1976), a study that illustrates the importance of Churchillâs strong personality and the force of his ideas; François Kersaudy, Churchill and de Gaulle (1981, reissued 1983); and Warren F. Kimball (ed.), Churchill and Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence, 3 vol. (1984), both studies of their wartime relationships; and John Colville, The Fringes of Power: Downing Street Diaries, 1939â1955 (1985), a portrait of Churchill by the civil servant who was his private secretary during most of World War II and again in 1951â55.
Major Works
History
The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898); The River War (1899); The World Crisis (1923â29); The Unknown War: The Eastern Front (1931); The Second World War (1948â53); A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1956â58).
Biography and autobiography
Lord Randolph Churchill (1906); My African Journey (1908); My Early Life (1930); Marlborough: His Life and Times (1933â38).
Speeches
Into Battle (1941); The Unrelenting Struggle (1942); The End of the Beginning (1943); Onwards to Victory (1944); The Dawn of Liberation (1945); Victory (1946); Secret Session Speeches (1946); The Sinews of Peace (1948); Europe Unite (1950); In the Balance (1951); Stemming the Tide (1953); The Unwritten Alliance (1961). The speeches have been collected in Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches, 1897â1963, 8 vol. (1974).
Other works
Savrola (1900); Thoughts and Adventures (1932); Painting As a Pastime (1948).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Museum of the Prime Minister - Sir Winston Churchill. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 20, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hillsdale College - ÂPerfect sincerity according to his lights": Chamberlain and Churchill. | Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Officiao Site of the AmericaÂs National Churchill Museum. | Jul 31, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference to five great political comebacks article. | Jan 08, 2025 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Nov 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies - Winston Churchill and the Battle of Crete (1941). | Oct 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Churchill Project - Great Contemporaries: Jan Christian Smuts. | Sep 03, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Officiao Site of the AmericaÂs National Churchill Museum. | Mar 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Prime Minister Winston Churchill Led his Nation During World War II. | Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Churchill Archives Centre - Sir Winston Churchill: A biography. | Nov 30, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Winston Churchill. | Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historic UK - Winston Churchill. | Jan 24, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 10, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 07, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 05, 2017 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| In reference to the size of the Conservative majority following the 1951 general election, changed "26" to "17." |
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Jul 22, 2016 | |
| Media added. | Jun 11, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Winston Churchill. | Apr 24, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Churchill College - Biography of Sir Winston Churchill. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Winston Churchill. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The British Empire - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The British Empire - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: FirstWorldWar.com - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: FirstWorldWar.com - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Added the start date of the Battle of Britain, July 10. |
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May 02, 2011 | |
| Video added of Churchill's speech 10 weeks after the start of World War II. | Jun 24, 2010 | ||
| Added video of Churchill's "Sinews of Peace" speech. | Feb 02, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Third Reich Roundtable - Sir Winston Churchill. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Biography.com - Biography of Sir Winston Churchill. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Sir Winston Churchill. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Groilier Online - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Churchill College - Biography of Sir Winston Churchill. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Myclassiclyrics.com - Biography of Winston Churchill. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Churchill Centre. | Sep 29, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: TIME 100: Winston Churchill. | May 10, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |