Topic: Winston Churchill

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Why We Watched

A historian examines the mental landscape that allowed the Holocaust to happen.

Six picks: recommendations from the Monitor staff

Behind Churchill's public face, a ramble through Britain's backroads with Robbie Coltrane, a novel about Cuba pre-Castro, and more.

Reporters on the Job

Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about freedom of speech, Hinduism, and graduates' citizenship.

A 'thoroughly modern' Middle East

A novel about the Cairo Conference of 1921.

Gandhi and Churchill: parallel lives, divergent world views

How two very different world leaders were shaped.

A darker view of World War II

Nicholson Baker uses historical vignettes to suggest that there is no such thing as a ‘good war.’

The odd, remarkable, yet true story of Jumbo the circus elephant

Jumbo and his devoted handler lived a strange tale of celebrity, tragedy, and love.

The odd, remarkable, yet true story of Jumbo the circus elephant

Jumbo and his devoted handler lived a strange tale of celebrity, tragedy, and love.

A darker view of World War II

Nicholson Baker uses historical vignettes to suggest that there is no such thing as a 'good war.'

Meet the 'proverbial' scholar

Wolfgang Mieder has collected more than 10,000 items relating to truths in 10 words or less.

Opinion: Barack Obama and the case for charisma

Charisma is more than a way with words and an attractive face. It's about inspiring America to greatness again.

The future that young Russians want

The Putin generation is often worldly, optimistic, and enthusiastic about democracy – as they define it.

Opinion: Don't put public figures on the couch

Americans should focus on the candidates' performance – not their psyche.