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May 13, 2013

United Kingdom
TWE Remembers: Churchill’s “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”

You finally land the job you have long coveted. But many of your colleagues dislike you, and the task you have been given may be undoable. That’s the situation that Winston Churchill found himself in…

Former British prime minister Winston Churchill is featured on a new banknote alongside his famous declaration "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" (Bank of England/Courtesy Reuters).

February 19, 2013

Diplomacy and International Institutions
HBO History Makers Event, With Madeleine Albright

Madeleine K. Albright discusses world affairs and her career in U.S. government. The HBO History Makers Series focuses particular attention on the contributions made by a prominent individual at a…

Play Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks during a hearing on "National Security Implications of the Rise of Authoritarianism Around the World" at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 26, 2019 in Washington,DC.

September 25, 2012

Germany
History Lessons: The Munich Agreement

CFR’s James M. Lindsay reflects on the signing of the Munich Agreement on September 30, 1938 and how the United States can apply the lesson learned to potential threats in the world today.