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The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Bad Consciousness Fiction Good Historical Historical Fiction Immense Past Power Shaping

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The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

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Topics: Above Beginning Bombing British Close Crime Particular Stupid Very War

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At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology, politics, international relations and economics. History is also an ideal discipline for almost all careers in the law, the civil service and the private sector.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Almost Almost All Also Basic Because Careers Civil Civil Service Discipline Economics Further Go History Ideal Important International International Relations Law Level Needed Politics Practical Private Private Sector Provides Purely Relations Sector Service Skills Sociology Students

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Alpacas are very endearing, and they all have very different personalities.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Different Different Personalities Endearing Personalities Very

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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 for until you find it.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: About Archives Because Fact Find Get Going In Fact Know Looking Obsessive Slightly Until Working You

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I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave.

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Topics: Army Friendly Joined Like Loved More Relaxed Salute Served Wave Which

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Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Better British British Empire Country Does Empire Forming History Identity Links Made National National Identity Others Our Own Respect Teaching The History Of Understand Unlikely Us World Worse

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I read round the subject, I make a skeleton outline, and then I start work in the relevant archives. During the marshaling of the material, I copy the material from each archive file across to the relevant chapter in the skeleton outline.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Across Archives Chapter Copy Each File Make Material Outline Read Relevant Round Skeleton Start Subject Then Work

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It is this compulsion to look backwards at a time of crisis because one's got no idea of what lies ahead. There is a notion of security that somehow it must resemble the past. It's never going to. Just because we muddled through in the past doesn't mean we can automatically muddle through in the future.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Automatically Backwards Because Compulsion Crisis Future Going Got Idea In The Past Just Just Because Lies Look Mean Muddle Must Never No Idea Notion Past Resemble Security Somehow Through Time Ahead

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One has this image of the Soviet state and the Red Army as being extremely disciplined but in the first four months of 1945 their soldiers were completely out of control.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Army Being Control Disciplined Extremely First Four Image Months Out Red Soldiers Soviet State Were

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Historian

Born: December 14th, 1946

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