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Churchill part 2: Inside the Enigma Machine

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The Bizarre Relationship of Mel Gibson to War

Churchill mobilized the English language and sent it into battle. He wrote to his wife: I feel more deeply every year what vile and wicked folly and barbarism it is. And that sort of bizarre relationship he has with war, I think, helps here. It basically casts you as the lead in an action film. But he's not sort of flippant about it.

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