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2014-06-29 Africa North

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Posted by Squinty 2014-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Churchill was a gem. His The Second World War is on my Amazon Wish List. I wish I had kept my Dad's set.

Churchill won the Nobel prize for literature in 1953, back when the Nobel Prize was worth something.

Posted by Bobby 2014-06-29 07:18|| 2014-06-29 07:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't hate me Bobby, but I inherited from my father-in-law the first American edition, sans books jackets tho. Excellent condition otherwise not for sale at any price. I also have a complete set of these on permanent loan from an unnamed educational institution.
In binders but covers thankfully not removed.

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-29 07:51|| 2014-06-29 07:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Selected speeches.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-29 07:57|| 2014-06-29 07:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I dunno about Bobby, Ship, but I hate you on his behalf.

Words you will never hear from the World's Greatest Orator currently occupying the WH:

You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.

Posted by Matt 2014-06-29 09:30|| 2014-06-29 09:30|| Front Page Top

#5 And didn't mind the help watching him as he rehearsed his speech, pink and naked as a baby, staring into a mirror and smoking a cigar. Now that's self-confidence.

Stalin admired FDR for overcoming his physical handicaps and thought of him as the last and highest form of Capitalist , but he knew his nemesis was Churchill and respected him for that.

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-29 10:55|| 2014-06-29 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 I listened to the volumes of the Second World War by Churchill on audiobook. Three times. It was the highest protein meal I ever heard. The narrator was great, so it was a complete meal. The more you listened, the more you learned about the war and the man. Many faceted, for sure.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2014-06-29 15:56|| 2014-06-29 15:56|| Front Page Top

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