Top 65 Quotes & Sayings by Antony Beevor - Page 2

School-leavers unfortunately will come away thinking the First World War consisted simply of 'going over the top' on the Western Front to slaughter in no-man's-land, when the conflict extended so much further, to the collapse of four empires and numerous civil wars.

To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make

Few things reveal more about political leaders and their systems than the manner of their downfall.

I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining reference point for every crisis and every conflict.

I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis