The reason is war is changing and airtran to figure it out. And they absolutely do. They do it overhaul of the british army. They reassess everything. And make dramatic changes. Thank you so much. I appreciate your time. Coming up on American History tv, from the 33rd International Churchill conference, author lord watson of richmond talks about his book churchills legacy speeches to save the world. About. 45 minutes. Much. Nk you very our speaker is a commander in the British Empire so he outranks me. It is a great pleasure and enormous pleasure to introduce my good friend, lord watson of richmond. Is to this afternoon furnish his churchill credentials for you. Its an easy task in this case. , he made hisl first names may that name in the meat name in the media. As a tv presenter and radio reporter. Rising to become chairman of the Royal Television society. He is always been passionate about politics. While churchill rewrote it and changed, allen has always remained loyal to the liber
Tv, from the 33rd International Churchill conference, author and former president of the british liberal party, lord watson, talks about his book churchills legacy two speeches to save the world. This is about 45 minutes. Thank you very much. Our speaker is a commander in the British Empire so he outranks me. It is a great pleasure and enormous pleasure to introduce my good friend, lord watson of richmond. My job this afternoon is to furnish his churchill credentials for you. Its an easy task in this case. Like churchill, he made his name in the media. As a tv presenter and radio reporter. Rising to become chairman of the Royal Television society. Like churchill, he has always been passionate about politics. While churchill rewrote it and changed party allen has always , remained loyal to the liberal party. He became its president in the 1980s and now serves in the house of lords. Like churchill, he has always been interested and engaged in international affairs. In europe, the commonw
Rich history. Learn more at www. Cspan. Org. Are watching American History tv, all weekend, every week it on cspan 3. Coming up next on the presidency, a conversation about the world war ii leadership styles a president Franco Roosevelt and british Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Policy posse institute hosted this event. Welcome to roosevelt house. , the actingpolsky dean of Hunter College. And professor of political science. Our program this evening features to visitors, who are deeply knowledgeable about the decisions that led up to be historic moment 70 years ago when allied forces stormed ashore of normandy to begin the final struggle of the liberation of europe from nazi germany. Nigel hamilton is the author of the just published book the mantle of command. Works, allenher packwood is the director of director of churchill archives centre. The leading authority on all things western churchill. In a few moments, i will turn thethe microphone to tina, sponsor of our series on churc
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Following her introduction, each of our guests will speak for about 20 minutes and then they will join me for a conversation. Well have time for audience questions before we close. History shifts over time and perhaps it is so with the two men who are the subjects of this evenings program. Western churchill exercised an influence over the immediate postwar depreciation of allied leadership. He was admired for his determination after the fall of france in 1940 through the battle of britain and for his warning an iron curtain was dissenting after the war. His reputation was helped in no small measures to build his own magisterial six volume series, the second world war. Perhaps the first great fiction that the war generated. [laughter] fdrs star faded when his political enemies depicted him as the great sellout of the people of eastern europe. More recently though, we have seen a shift in historical perception. Historians have found more to admire in roosevelt, while churchill had lost s