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Churchill and the Avoidable War: Could World War II have been Prevented? Paperback – 25 Oct. 2015

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Richard M. Langworth began his Churchill work in 1968 when he organized the Churchill Study Unit and its journal, FINEST HOUR. It later became the International Churchill Society and finally the Churchill Centre, devoted to all aspects of Churchill’s life. Mr. Langworth served as its president (1996-2000) and editor of FINEST HOUR (1982-2014). In 2014 he was appointed senior fellow for Hillsdale College’s Churchill Project. In 1998, Richard Langworth was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty The Queen “for services to Anglo- American understanding and the memory of Sir Winston Churchill.” Langworth published the first American edition of Churchill’s "India," is the author of "A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill," and editor of "Churchill by Himself," "The Definitive Wit of Winston Churchill," "The Patriot’s Churchill," "All Will Be Well: Good Advice from Winston Churchill" and "Churchill in His Own Words" His next book is "Winston Churchill, Urban Myths and Reality." For more information visit richardlangworth.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (25 Oct. 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 122 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1518690351
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1518690358
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 0.79 x 22.86 cm
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Richard Langworth (https://richardlangworth.com/), a writer and historian, has produced twelve books on Winston Churchill and 60 books on automotive history. Since 2014 Mr. Langworth has been Senior Fellow for the Hillsdale College Churchill Project, an endowed, permanent center of Churchill Studies in North America. In 1968 Langworth founded "Finest Hour," a Churchill journal which he edited for 35 years, producing 150 issues. His 1000Churchill articles have appeared in "The American Spectator," "Weekly Standard," "National Review," "Commentary," "American Thinker," "Daily Caller" and "Washington Times." In 1998, he was appointed by HM The Queen as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to Anglo-American relations and the memory of Sir Winston Churchill.

In 2019, Hillsdale completes the final volume of Churchill’s official biography, 31 volumes in all, which began 56 years ago. Hillsdale also houses the Martin Gilbert Papers and sponsors Churchill seminars, publications, tours and online courses. It is the future home of Langworth's and others' Churchill archives, and is developing a digital index-resource to 100 million words by and about Churchill. Read more at winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu.

Richard Langworth published the first edition in volume form of Churchill's "The Dream" (1987) and the first American edition of Churchill’s "India" (1990). He is author or editor of "A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill" (1998), "Churchill by Himself" (2008, Kindle 2015), "The Definitive Wit of Winston Churchill" (2009), "The Patriot’s Churchill" (2010), "All Will Be Well: Good Advice from Winston Churchill" (2011), "Churchill in His Own Words" (2012), "Churchill and the Avoidable War" (2015) and "Winston Churchill: Myth and Reality" (2016). His next book is an expanded edition of "Churchill by Himself," with 500 new quotations and a comprehensive index.

Richard and Barbara Langworth have hosted eleven Churchill and eight automotive tours in England, Scotland, France and Australia (1983-2008) and were Churchill specialist booksellers (1984-2004). In 2019 Langworth lectures at Hillsdale on March 24-28 and the Hillsdale College cruise around Britain June 1-15.

Langworth wrote his first automotive article in 1969. He was associate and senior editor of "Automobile Quarterly" (1970-75); and editor of "The Vintage Triumph" (1974-77), "The Packard Cormorant" (1975-2001), "Car Classics" (1976), and "Automotive Investor" (1988-90). He has written 2000 articles on automotive history; his books include "Kaiser-Frazer: Last Onslaught on Detroit," "Triumph Cars," "The Studebaker Century," "The Encyclopedia of American Cars," "GM: 100 Years," and "Packard: A History of the Motorcar and the Company."

Richard Langworth is a graduate of Wagner College and a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. He resides in Moultonborough, New Hampshire and Eleuthera, Bahamas.

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