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The great European dream was to diminish militant nationalism. We would all be happy Europeans together. But we are going to see the old monster of militant nationalism being awoken when people realise how little control their politicians have.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Be Happy Being Control Diminish Dream European Europeans Going Great Happy How Little Militant Monster Nationalism Old People Politicians Realise See Together Would

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I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Does Feel Going Historians History Itself Never Repeat Slightly Uneasy Way I Feel

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I can't envisage stopping writing.

~Antony Beevor

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I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Am Believes Find Going Historical Someone Who I Am

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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 access for your own armoured vehicles.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Access Actually Blocking Capture City Defenders End Own Perfect Providing Smash Terrain Trying Up Vehicles While You Your

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I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Book Both Enjoy Experience Just Myself People Reading Scholarly Sort Time Would Write

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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 true consequences of the decisions of Hitler or Stalin or whomever on the ordinary civilians caught up in the battle.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Above Battle Because Below Caught Civilians Consequences Decisions History Integrate Me Only Ordinary Show Stalin Thing True Up Vital Way Whomever You

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I was in Estonia when a professor asked me if I was aware that making any criticism of the Red Army during the war was now an imprisonable offence. I was quite shaken.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Any Army Asked Aware Criticism Estonia Making Me Now Offence Professor Quite Red Shaken War

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I was planning to stay in the Army all my life, but I ended up being posted to a training camp in Wales and was so bored there, I wrote a novel.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: All My Life Army Being Bored Camp Ended Life My Life Novel Planning Posted Stay Training Up Wales Wrote

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When I started to write, I realised that you need a bit of both: the overall context as well as the individual's experience.

~Antony Beevor

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Historian

Born: December 14th, 1946

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