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Entry: Man of the Century Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/man_of_the_century#27769 Post contents: I've just finished a review copy of Pat Buchanan's CHURCHILL, HITLER, AND THE UNNECESSARY WAR. His column is a good review of that work, which I recommend to one and all (including to those who still think that Sir Winston is indeed "the man of the century"). PJB finds much to admire in Sir Winston, but also patiently unwraps the historical irony that the man who pledged never to let the sun set on the British Empire was in large part responsible for its demise. And not only that, but decisions made by him, Sir Edward Grey, and others catapulted Europe into a second "thirty years" war that had calamitous, if unforeseen, consequences. We may Sir Winston pluck, his consumate mastery of the English language, his love of country, but, it seems to me, history will categorize him for things and events that he would never wished....and the consequences for the old, Christian West have been nearly fatal. Sent at: 2008 11 20