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In the aftermath of the armistice that ended the First World War, Winston Churchill, as a member of David Lloyd-George’s cabinet holding the positions of Minister of War as well as Minister of Air, recognized that a series of “new threats, foreign and domestic” had presented themselves. Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny, considers Churchill’s thinking on these new pressing problems in the article “What if Churchill Had Been Prime Minister in 1919?” published in the New York Times (March 28, 2019). First among the threats were the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the peace treaty with Germany. Churchill’s thinking was summed up by Churchill himself as “Kill the Bolshie, kiss the Hun” as he urged a settlement with Germany and Austria, while deploying resources to aid the White Russians in the defeat of the Bolsheviks. Roberts concludes that “what a different — and undoubtedly better — world we missed because Winston Churchill was not heeded a century ago this year.” The article is available here.