What Winston Churchill Read: The Education of a Statesman

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

Winston Churchill’s career as a writer was even longer than his career as a statesman, beginning with his early dispatches as a war correspondent and ending with what he wrote after his retirement. Throughout Churchill’s life his understanding was improved by voluminous reading, which provided much of the raw material for his speeches and writings. Our panel investigates some notable features of his reading to discover how it informed his political thought and action.

Sub Unit

• Related Groups / International Churchill Society (formerly the Churchill Centre)

Individual Presentations

• Winston Churchill and Julius Cæsar: Parallels and Inspirations - Justin D. Lyons, Cedarville University

• Winston and King James: How the King James Bible Shaped and Sustained the English People - Rhea Arlene Cardwell, Regent University

• Influence of the History and Strategic Theory of Sea Power on Winston Churchill - John Maurer, Naval War College

Chair

• Daniel H. Lowenstein University of California, Los Angeles

Discussant

• James W. Muller University of Alaska, Anchorage