I grew up and lived in a Britain in which strikes and the threat of strikes had become part of the social fabric - and it was not very nice. Nigel Hamilton britainfabricgrow Change image and share on social
Since his inauguration in 2009, President Obama has upheld FDR's vision of America as a nation that keeps its word - a nation still committed to uphold the 'four freedoms' that President Roosevelt set down in the great Atlantic Charter of August 1941. Nigel Hamilton americaatlanticaugust share on social
Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude. Nigel Hamilton gratitudethanksgivingtime Change image and share on social
As a student, I had stayed with Winston Churchill; later, I had lunched with Harold Macmillan - in fact, had met most of the post-war prime ministers of Great Britain from Douglas-Home to Tony Blair. Nigel Hamilton blairbritainchurchill Change image and share on social
Bill Clinton beat Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, for the White House in 1992 by focusing on 'the economy, stupid' - and Clinton's victory led, in time, to the longest sustained boom in American history. Nigel Hamilton americanbeatbill share on social
In publishing 'JFK: Reckless Youth' almost twenty years ago, I had gotten into trouble myself with the Kennedys. Not because of my portrait of JFK - which was highly laudatory - but because I had described his parents, Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, in less-than-flattering terms. Nigel Hamilton agofitzgeraldflatter share on social
That's the miracle of Amazon! It's like Internet dating. In the early days, you could get slimed as an author on Amazon by someone bearing a grudge, or jealous, or whatever. And because there were so few reviews posted, this stank. Nigel Hamilton amazonauthorbear share on social
The story of FDR as U.S. Commander in Chief is a heroic war story of a president who had already overcome great adversity in facing polio but who went on to take the reins of our armed forces in the greatest conflagration in human history - on our behalf. Nigel Hamilton adversityarmbehalf share on social
We should honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt today as the greatest commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the United States in our history, bar none - including President Lincoln. Nigel Hamilton armbarchief Change image and share on social
It must have been the fall of 1952 when my father returned to London sporting a neck tie emblazoned with the words 'I Like Ike.' Nigel Hamilton emblazonfallfather Change image and share on social