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Lewis E. Lehrman

Lewis E. Lehrman, co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, is author of Lincoln and Churchill: Statesman at War (Stackpole, 2018) and Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraft (Stackpole, 2017).

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How Lincoln and Churchill Put National Unity First

The two war-time leaders both needed to unite their own skeptical allies and across the aisle to their opponents. It was a juggling act requiring enormous political dexterity.

Lewis E. Lehrman

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