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Here he traced the evolution of British democracy from the feudal ages, the destruction of continental monarchies during the Great War, and the rise of the Bolsheviks, Fascists and Nazis.
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On 10 October 1937, six days after publication of Great Contemporaries, Churchill published an article, “This Age of Government by Great Dictators,” his seventh installment in the series “Great Events of Our Time” for News of the World (Cohen C535.7). Nonetheless, the belief has persisted that Churchill wrote approvingly of Hitler, in either his book or his article-or in other writings for the British press. (See Martin Gilbert, Churchill: A Life, London: Heinemann, 1991, 580-81).
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Preferring that he not publish it at all, they were somewhat mollified by the result. Two years later, when Churchill was preparing his Hitler essay for Great Contemporaries, he characteristically submitted it to the Foreign Office, which asked that he tone it down. Ronald Cohen notes that Strand editor Reeves Shaw, who paid him £250 for the article, wanted Churchill to make it “as outspoken as you possibly can… absolutely frank in your judgment of methods.” It was. In this case the original was “The Truth about Hitler,” in The Strand Magazine of November 1935 (Cohen C481). The Hitler chapter in Great Contemporaries, like the rest of the book, was derived from a previous article. (Paintings: National Archives and Wikimedia Commons.) Others ask if the Great Contemporaries version was a milder form of an earlier article-Andifso, whether Churchill pulled his punches. One of the most controversial chapters in Great Contemporaries (And in the opinion scholars the one least like the rest) is “Hitler and his choice.” Some critics maintain that the essay implies approval of Hitler, rendering Churchill a hypocrite. Join us online (for free!) or live in London, 7-9 October 2021 View Event