Richard Vinen
Professor of history at King's College London and author of The Last Titans, providing expert analysis on Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, and 20th-century European history.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 34min
Churchill and de Gaulle: a strange relationship
Richard Vinen, Professor of history at King’s College London and author of The Last Titans, explores Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle. He traces their clashing personalities and dramatic wartime partnership. He contrasts their backgrounds, oratory and writing, explains de Gaulle's stubborn nationalism, and reflects on their postwar legacies and how modern media shapes leaders.
Mar 4, 2026 • 1h 46min
Richard Vinen, "The Last Titans: How Churchill and De Gaulle Saved Their Nations and Transformed the World" (Simon & Schuster, 2026)
Richard Vinen, Professor of history at King's College London and author of The Last Titans, offers a concise dual portrait of Churchill and de Gaulle. He contrasts their backgrounds, wartime paths, personalities, and fraught wartime partnership. Brief scenes cover political rises, crises like Dakar and Paris, postwar exits, de Gaulle’s 1958 return, and their complex mutual respect.
Mar 4, 2026 • 1h 46min
Richard Vinen, "The Last Titans: How Churchill and De Gaulle Saved Their Nations and Transformed the World" (Simon & Schuster, 2026)
Richard Vinen, historian at King’s College London and author of The Last Titans, offers a lively dual portrait of Churchill and de Gaulle. He contrasts their backgrounds, personalities, wartime roles, and postwar careers. The conversation probes clashes with allies, choices in 1940, de Gaulle’s Algeria return, and how each shaped national identity and Cold War strategy.
