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Martin called it his “life&#;s work”. He worked on it throughout a 50 year span, devoting many years to researching and writing, footnoting, indexing, mapping, and fundraising to be able to complete it.

It is a work of scholarship and the basis for any authentic study of Winston Churchill.

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After Martin died, Laurence Geller, Chairman of the International Churchill Society, and I wondered what question Martin would have for Churchill when they met in Heaven. We decided that it would be a specific question as to what Churchill was thinking on that (pick any) day in that (pick any) month, or year.

Martin was so in tuned with Churchill&#;s movements and meetings that we almost believed he could remember each day and any queries he had about what Churchill had been thinking.

But when asked what Churchill “would have thought” about any particular current event, Martin would always respond that he never knew how Churchill was going to react to any of the