![]() ![]() Larsen quotes from Churchill's J"The Finest Hour" speech to the House of Commons: This willingness to be honest with the British people gave him credibility when he laid out a plan to mobilize forces to defeat the Nazis. What we learn from Churchill's various speeches and addresses is that he never minimized the threat, and never shrunk from describing the reality. ![]() Much of The Splendid and the Vile consists of listening to Churchill in his own words. What might a university president or provost learn from reading The Splendid and the Vile during this pandemic? How might the book help in thinking about calibrating our response to COVID-19? What would Churchill do if he found himself running a university in 2020?ฤก - Don't Sugarcoat - Speak Plainly and Honestly: ![]() If you've heard from colleagues and friends that the book is fantastic, then you have good colleagues and friends. Likely, you have heard about Larsen's latest book. The Splendid and the Vile might be one of those books that I recommend that needs no recommendation. ![]() If the British could make it through 57 nights of continuous German bombing of London (starting on September 7 of 1940), then surely we can persevere through this pandemic. I've been recommending The Splendid and the Vile as a book to help us all make it through COVID-19. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson ![]()
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