![]() His expertise is in the fields of terrorism and counterterrorism, insurgency and revolutionary warfare, counter-insurgency, and international relations. Harmon is adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics, a graduate school of national security and international affairs in Washington, D.C. Whatever readers conclude of The Splendid and the Vile, I hope this discussion will help to promote scholarly interest in Churchill’s wartime leadership. Book Review: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson. ![]() ![]() We also discuss why Winston Churchill remains worthy of study and appreciation more than half a century after his death.Ĭomputers never did square up perfectly for the video, so the YouTube version offers only my photo and-two-thirds of the way in-a first-rate black and white photo from Larson’s book. This podcast discusses why Larson’s book provides new aspects we did not know, and how historians might consider it. The book focuses on Churchill in 1940 and public life during the air offensive by Nazi Germany. ![]() Several times a year I teach courses at the Institute of World Politics, incuding a popular course, “Military Strategy.” When the Institute asked for a podcast, I offered a discussion of Erik Larson’s The Splendid and the Vile. The Splendid and the Vile : A Study of the Blitz ![]() Churchill inspecting bomb damage in London, 8 September 1940 (From Martin Gilbert, “Finest Hour 1939-1941,” Hillsdale College Press) ![]()
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