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I'm often reassured in a bizarre - perhaps perverse - way when I find in the archive stuff that contradicts what my assumptions have been. That's interesting and exciting.

~Antony Beevor

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The temptation in any approaching crisis or conflict is, because people haven't got a clue what lies ahead, they're always searching into the past for some sort of pattern ... to galvanise the nation or their supporters and put themselves on a pedestal to sound Churchillian or Rooseveltian.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Always Any Approaching Because Clue Conflict Crisis Got Lies Nation Past Pattern Pedestal People Put Searching Some Sort Sound Supporters Temptation Themselves Ahead

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What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred.

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Topics: Ability Change Contain Does Hatred Human Instinct Mass Much Necessarily Normal Propaganda Terrifying Through Very Which

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I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Any Before Believe Book Both Expect Luck May Out Passionately Pessimism Proved Reviewers Sales Then Worst Wrong I Believe

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In my library/study/barn, there is a Ping-Pong table on which I can pile working books and spread maps.

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I used to write in a room overlooking the valley from where I could see too much, whether checking the sheep and alpacas or seeing the trout rise on the lake.

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Topics: Checking Could Lake Much Rise Room See Seeing Sheep Too Too Much Used Valley Where Whether Write

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Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Country Different Every Experiences Memories Own Perspective Second Second World War Surprising War World World War

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The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Dangerous Europe Historical Irresistible Memory Misleading Over Parallels Point Reference Second Second World War War World World War

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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 tragedy. But, as a result, there is a tendency to overlook the way the war changed even the survivors' lives in ways impossible to predict.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Absorb Changed Dwell Enormity Ethnic Even Impossible Lives National Overlook Predict Result Second Second World War Statistics Survivors Tendency Those Tragedy Try Victims War Way Ways World World War

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It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question is how would we have behaved in the face of danger and when forced to make major moral choices.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Behaved Choices Confused Continuing Danger Face Fascination Forced Great How Important Major Make Moral Most Question Second Second World War Understand Unspoken Us War World World War Would

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Historian

Born: December 14th, 1946

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