{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69206d2c087c4173ab6a8c1f/6aa3ea10b54f356fc7dad021?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Series 13: Churchill and Europe Episode 2","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69206d2c087c4173ab6a8c1f/1789126896273-d67fd348-9a17-4af8-9ffe-af6cd9245b5d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In September 1946 in Zurich,  Winston Churchill delivered one of the most resonant speeches of even his long career.</p><p><br></p><p>He called for the creation of \"a kind of United States of Europe\".  A new Europe founded on the partnership of France and Germany,  two nations which had been enemies in two brutal wars in Churchill's adult life.    And he concluded with the rousing words: \"Let Europe arise!\"</p><p><br></p><p>Professor Richard Toye and Dr. Warren Dockter delve into the background to the speech and assess its impact,  while asking what role Churchill saw for Britain in the new Europe he aspired to see come into being.</p>","author_name":"Prof. Richard Toye and Dr. Warren Dockter"}