Andrew Roberts, a justly-fabulous English historian, on the recent dust-up re the legacy of Winston Churchill: “The historian Darryl Cooper has argued in an interview on Tucker Carlson's show that Winston Churchill "was the chief villain of World War II," which would be both interesting and indeed shocking were his thesis not based on such staggering ignorance and disregard for historical fact that it is safe to disregard completely.” (https://freebeacon.com/culture/no-churchill-was-not-the-villain/).
From my little perspective I agree with Roberts and other serious WSC historians in banging on this Cooper guy - Nigel Hamilton gives IMO a good different opinion of WSC in WWII with FDR in his FDR At War series. Any history of WSC, or FDR, TR or JFK, etc. must be clear-eyed and more balanced than not...
Thanks Michael, I am also unfamiliar with Darryl Cooper. Mr Cooper seems to be described as 'a social media influencer' in the British Independent newspaper, if true this possibly explains his limited knowledge on Churchill and WW2?
From my little perspective I agree with Roberts and other serious WSC historians in banging on this Cooper guy - Nigel Hamilton gives IMO a good different opinion of WSC in WWII with FDR in his FDR At War series. Any history of WSC, or FDR, TR or JFK, etc. must be clear-eyed and more balanced than not...
Why does Tucker Carlson keep doing this?
I have no idea: I normally never listen to him. So really know virtually nothing about him.
Thanks Michael, I am also unfamiliar with Darryl Cooper. Mr Cooper seems to be described as 'a social media influencer' in the British Independent newspaper, if true this possibly explains his limited knowledge on Churchill and WW2?
No idea! Baffling why TC would say such a thing.