Our regular attendees naturally hold Churchill in high esteem. That said our book club is open to the public and non-Churchill fans are welcome to attend. All I ask of attendees is to stay on subject during the discussion which usually consist of a selected chapter out of the official biography.
Our website is http://www.wrldhstry.com John Sent from my iPad > On Apr 8, 2016, at 2:17 PM, 'Antoine Capet' via ChurchillChat > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear John, > > Indeed, "a very complimentary article" , as you say. > > Marred however by the comment which follows : > > However, I hope the group doesn’t fall into the trap of worshipping someone > who would make a horrific leader in today’s world. It is well documented that > Winston Churchill was a racist and bigot. He make it clear with quotes such > as "I hate Indians...They are a beastly people with a beastly religion." > Churchill’s comments on his hatred toward people in the Arab world include > referring to them as "barbaric hordes who ate little but camel dung." > Although his leadership of Great Britain during WWII is to be admired, he has > little to teach us about leadership in the 21st century. > > An uphill struggle if ever there was one . . . > > With all best wishes, > > Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS > Head of British Studies > University of Rouen > 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan > France > [email protected] > > 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor > Royal Historical Society Bibliography > > Reviews Editor of CERCLES > http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html > ========================================== > > > From: John Meeks > Sent: Friday, April 8, 2016 2:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Omaha World Herald article about our Omaha Churchill > Book Club > > Several days ago the Omaha World Herald published an article about our > Winston Churchill book club. > Just want to share it. Thought it was a very complimentary article. > > > John > > http://www.omaha.com/living/this-book-club-focuses-on-churchill-but-those-who-appreciate/article_9554fd08-cf92-5a71-9e28-10e7025b3827.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > --- > L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le > logiciel antivirus Avast. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
