The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
What first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? I write mostly about World War Two and immediately post war history. The attraction for me is that World War Two is generally speaking one of the only modern day conflicts in which survival of modern...
‘The Red Army could have defeated Nazi Germany without Allied help,’ records The Times of London, ‘according to two thirds of Russians, who are adopting an increasingly positive view of Joseph Stalin’s wartime leadership despite the enormous casualties suffered under...
There are a number of things that Winston Churchill and Marshal Carl-Gustav Mannerheim – the father of modern Finland - have in common, which engendered in each a certain admiration for the other. They were both aristocrats, cavalrymen, immensely well-travelled...
What first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? It’s much harder getting into the motivations and mindsets of pre-Enlightenment people, and often requires a higher level of theology than I have. The Enlightenment was the first period in history that the...
What first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? It’s a whole host of intersecting fascinations, actually. I started off studying Central European history in the aftermath of 1989, then gravitated to Germany – specifically Nazi Germany – which I still...
“Hitler in the bunker” said would-be assassin Claus von Stauffenberg, “that’s the real Hitler”. He was right. Reinforced concrete seemed to follow Hitler like a Wagnerian leitmotiv; his Reich was not only the largest builder of bunkers in history, it also perfected...
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What first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? I remember, as a child, hearing tales of military derring-do round the dinner table. My Dad loves reading military history, and often discusses the great battles and commanders with friends and family. I...
When approaching this book, I initially thought that the author would either be preaching to the converted or throwing pearls before swine. We are living in an increasingly polarised world. The old are often pitched against the young and vice-versa, whether the media...
