Literary: Picture Post articles., Mar 1939 - Aug 1939
Scope and Contents
Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from Picture Post for: "What Britain's Policy Should Be", an interview with WSC in which he gives his views on British foreign policy over the preceding years and at that time, advocates co-operation with France, the United States and the Soviet Union against Germany, comments on the Spanish Civil War, the need to form a broader British government and civil defence; "How the War Began" on the build up to World War I, the assassination of Archduke [Franz] Ferdinand and his wife, the German invasion of Belgium, the British Naval Fleet, and mobilisation in Germany, Russia, France and Britain; "The Answer to Encirclement" (also printed in German) arguing that Germany is contributing to its feeling of encirclement through its aggressive foreign policy.
Dates
- Creation: Mar 1939 - Aug 1939
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (62 loose folios).)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Subject
- Royal Navy (Organization)
- Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
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