John Kiszely, what first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? From early childhood I`ve been an avid reader of history. Indeed, for most of my schooldays, when asked what I wanted for Christmas or birthday my answer was always `a history book, please`....
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John Kiszely
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FDR & Stalin: The Strategists
FDR & Stalin: The Strategists Stalin as the Worst Strategist Why I argue Stalin is both the Worst and Best war leader is because you need to start with the worst before you get to the best. Stalin, in opting to ally with Hitler in 1939 and sign the Nazi-Soviet...
AoH Book Club: Helen Fry on Women in Intelligence
Helen, Women in Intelligence was very well received when first published. Is this an area of espionage history that is under-developed? Most definitely. It is an area where historians still need to research deeply in declassified files and record what the women did in...
The Last Days of Budapest, by Adam LeBor
Eighty years on from the end of the Second World War our understanding of it ought to be sophisticated enough by now to appreciate that all was not necessarily as it seemed. As tempting as it is, one should avoid viewing the events in Europe in 1939-1945 in simplistic...
Mayne the SAS & the VC That Never Was
Mayne the SAS & the VC Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne and a core of stalwarts were unwilling to let the history of this proud unit die with its dissolution. Instead, they took the Chronik of Schneeren town, unscrewed the brass bolts that held its spine together, removed the...
Military Maverick – Selected Letters and War Diary Of ‘Chink’ Dorman Smith, by Lavinia Greacen
Military Maverick – Selected Letters and War Diary Of ‘Chink’ Dorman Smith, by Lavinia Greacen As the only candidate, before or since, ever to have achieved 100% in the tactics paper in the entrance examination for the army Staff College Eric Dorman-Smith ought...
Phil Craig
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Phil Craig
What first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? I was a 60s child and brought up on Airfix models, the Air Training Corps and Victor comics, so the Second World War obsessed me, especially the Battle of Britain. When I was about 40 the BBC asked me to...
The Battle for Aachen
Writing the history of one’s hometown is no small feat, even after living and studying its history for 25 years. Aachen became my home in October 1999, when I was invited to teach at RWTH-Aachen University during my PhD studies. The university was already an esteemed...