Churchill’s Great Contemporaries: Kaiser Wilhelm II

Hillsdale Dialogues

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Dr. Larry P. Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues for his series on "Churchill the Writer." On this episode, Dr. Arnn and Hugh finish their discussion of Great Contemporaries, a collection of 25 short biographical essays written by Churchill, and the story Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Release date: 09 June 2023

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0:00.0	Every week Hillsdale College President Larry PR joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss great books,
0:11.0	great men, and great ideas.
0:13.8	This is the Hillsdale Dialogues, part of the Hillsdale College Podcast Network.
0:19.7	More episodes at podcast.hillsdale.edu or wherever you find your audio.
0:26.8	At the Hillsdale College Podcast Network, check out
0:29.8	the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, the Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast,
0:36.2	the Larry PR Show, and more, all at podcast.hillsdale.edu.
0:47.4	Morning, Gloria America.
0:48.6	Bonjour. Hi, Kennedy.
0:49.8	It is not the last radio hour of the week.
0:52.2	However, of course, I'm always lucky because I have Dr. Larry Arne with me as we discuss.
0:57.3	Our last week in the Great Contemporaries book.
1:01.4	We're going to talk about the Kaiser.
1:03.2	That's right. The Kaiser because the Kaiser matters whether or not you know who he is or what he is.
1:09.8	It's not a role. A lot of people think a Kaiser role is that the only time they run into the
1:13.8	Kaiser, the Steelers fans are getting hungry. But Dr. Larry Arne, William II.
1:18.6	Will Helm II, born in 1859, lived all the way to 1941.
1:25.4	He ruled Germany as their monarch from June of 1888 until his abdication in 1918.
1:33.6	So for 30 years, the absolute ruler of Germany and probably the guy most responsible for the
1:40.9	catastrophe of the 20th century. Is that fair or should we blame Lenin?
1:46.5	Well, so first of all, this is one of Churchill's greatest essays in my opinion.
1:53.4	And it's not really about the Kaiser except to say and it has this in common with
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