In the Balance

Winston S. Churchill

• Publisher: RosettaBooks
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9780795329326
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Modern British History
• Index: Literature

This collection of speeches by the Nobel Prize-winning Prime Minister presents the addresses he delivered abroad between 1949 and 1950.
 
After guiding his country through the darkest times of World War II, Winston Churchill was defeated in the General Election of 1945. But he once again become Prime Minister in 1951. This collection features Churchill's speeches, addresses, and other public communications in his period between terms. Churchill's speaking engagements during this time took him across Europe—including to Brussels, Strasbourg, Copenhagen, and elsewhere—and across the Atlantic to the United States where he spoke in Boston and New York.
 
Major events during this period of history include the beginning of the Korean War, the devaluation of the British Pound Sterling, the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the United States' rearmament program. Through these turbulent times, Churchill preached unity among European nations and English-speaking peoples worldwide.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• PALESTINE: A Speech to the House of Commons, 26 January 1949
• LYNSKEY TRIBUNAL: A Speech to the House of Commons, 3 February 1949
• RECRUITING FOR THE FORCES: A Broadcast Talk, 17 February 1949
• COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: A Speech at the Salle des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 26 February 1949
• NEW YORK: A Speech at a Dinner given by Mr Henry R. Luce at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 25 March 1949
• THE TWENTIETH CENTURY—ITS PROMISE AND ITS REALIZATION: A Speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 31 March 1949
• INDIA (COMMONWEALTH RELATIONS): A Speech to the House of Commons, 28 April 1949
• THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY: A Speech to the House of Commons, 12 May 1949
• GENERAL SIKORSKI: A Speech at the Opening of the Sikorski Institute, 5 July 1949
• FOREIGN AFFAIRS: A Speech to the House of Commons, 21 July 1949
• UNITED EUROPE: A Speech at an Open-air Meeting, Place Kleber, Strasbourg, 12 August 1949
• CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE: A Speech at Strasbourg, 17 August 1949
• STERLING EXCHANGE RATE (DEVALUATION OF £): A Speech to the House of Commons, 28 September 1949
• CONSERVATIVE TRADES UNION CONGRESS: A Speech at Londonderry House, 13 October 1949
• CONSERVATIVE ANNUAL CONFERENCE: A Speech at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, 14 October 1949
• FOURTH ALAMEIN REUNION: A Speech at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, 21 October 1949
• ECONOMIC SITUATION (GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS): A Speech to the House of Commons, 27 October 1949
• IRON AND STEEL BILL (LORDS AMENDMENTS): A Speech to the House of Commons, 16 November 1949
• FOREIGN AFFAIRS: A Speech to the House of Commons, 17 November 1949
• EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: A Speech at Kingsway Hall, London, 28 November 1949
• THE CONSERVATIVE POINT OF VIEW: A Party Political Broadcast, 21 January 1950
• WOODFORD ADOPTION MEETING: A Speech at the Woodford County School for Girls, 28 January 1950
• ELECTION ADDRESS: A Speech at the Town Hall, Leeds, 4 February 1950
• ELECTION ADDRESS: A Speech at a Mass Meeting at the Ninian Park Football Ground, Cardiff, 8 February 1950
• ELECTION ADDRESS: A Speech at the Forum Cinema, Devonport, 9 February 1950
• ELECTION ADDRESS: A Speech at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14 February 1950
• THE MOMENT OF DECISION: A Party Political Broadcast, 17 February 1950
• DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS: A Speech to the House of Commons, 7 March 1950
• DEFENCE: A Speech to the House of Commons, 16 March 1950
• FOREIGN AFFAIRS: A Speech to the House of Commons, 28 March 1950
• THE BUDGET: A Speech to the House of Commons, 24 April 1950
• UNVEILING OF A MEMORIAL TABLET TO LORD KEYES AND HIS SON: A Speech in St Paul’s Cathedral, 27 April 1950
• SCOTTISH UNIONIST MEETING: A Speech at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18 May 1950
• UNVEILING OF A MEMORIAL TO LORD BALDWIN: A Speech at Astley, Worcestershire, 20 May 1950
• FIELD-MARSHAL SMUTS’S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY: A Message Recorded at Chartwell, 8 May 1950, and Broadcast at the Birthday Dinner in Johannesburg, 24 May 1950
• THE SCHUMAN PLAN: A Speech to the House of Commons, 27 June 1950
• ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTION: A Speech on Receiving the Chesney Gold Medal, 4 July 1950
• AMERICAN SOCIETY IN LONDON: A Speech at the Independence Day Dinner held at the Dorchester Hotel, 4 July 1950
• KOREA: A Speech to the House of Commons, 5 July 1950
• THE PLYMOUTH FAIR: A Speech at Saltram Park, Plymouth, 15 July 1950
• DEFENCE: A Speech to the House of Commons, 26 July 1950
• DEFENCE: A Speech to the House of Commons, 27 July 1950
• CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE: A Speech at Strasbourg, 11 August 1950
• THE PERIL IN EUROPE: A Party Political Broadcast, 26 August 1950
• DEFENCE (GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS): A Speech to the House of Commons, 12 September 1950
• FIELD-MARSHAL SMUTS: A Speech to the House of Commons, 13 September 1950
• IRON AND STEEL: A Speech to the House of Commons, 19 September 1950
• COPENHAGEN UNIVERSITY: A Speech on Receiving the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 10 October 1950
• CONSERVATIVE ANNUAL CONFERENCE: A Speech to a Mass Meeting at Blackpool, 14 October 1950
• FIFTH ALAMEIN REUNION: A Speech at the Empress Hall, Earls Court, London, 20 October 1950
• THE NEW COMMONS CHAMBER: A Speech to the House of Commons, 24 October 1950
• THE NEW COMMONS CHAMBER: A Speech of Welcome to Commonwealth Speakers, 26 October 1950
• DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS: A Speech to the House of Commons, 31 October 1950
• DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS (HOUSING AMENDMENT): A Speech to the House of Commons, 6 November 1950
• FOREIGN AFFAIRS: A Speech to the House of Commons, 30 November 1950
• UNVEILING OF A STATUE TO THE EARL OF OXFORD AND ASQUITH: A Speech in the House of Commons, 6 December 1950
• MR OLIVER STANLEY: A Speech to the House of Commons, 13 December 1950
• THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION: A Speech to the House of Commons, 14 December 1950
• Endnotes