When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World …– Antony Beevor
When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World War and its victims, we try to absorb all those statistics of national and ethnic
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When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World War and its victims, we try to absorb all those statistics of national and ethnic
The vital thing for me is to integrate the history from above with the history from below because only in that way can you show
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.
What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred.
In the Iraq war, for instance, so much of the information is digitized and can easily be wiped out. That will make it very hard
I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.
I think it’s outrageous if a historian has a ‘leading thought’ because it means they will select their material according to their thesis.
If you smash a city when you’re trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the
The majority of soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army and the allied armies treated the local population humanely.
I get slightly obsessive about working in archives because you don’t know what you’re going to find. In fact, you don’t know what you’re looking
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