Professor Sean McMeekin on Churchill’s Enigma: The Real Riddle Is Why He Cozied Up to Stalin
“There are, of course, many criticisms that should be levelled at Churchill’s wartime policies,” writes Sean McMeekin, Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture. “But there is one in particular that, in the rush to paint him as a racist imperialist, has avoided scrutiny: his relationship with Stalin. Churchill, in fact, sacrificed British imperial interests in order to save Soviet communism. Stalin could not have asked for a friendlier British government.”
Post Date: 03-19-2021
Post Date: 03-19-2021