The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.
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 f… - Antony Beevor
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 f…
- Antony Beevor
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime. - Antony Beevor
It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very boring place, that I thought: 'Why not try writing a no… - Antony Beevor
It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very boring place, that I thought: 'Why not try writing a no…
I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave. - Antony Beevor
I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave.
The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms. - Antony Beevor
The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.
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 crisi… - Antony Beevor
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 crisi…
I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with … - Antony Beevor
I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with …
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
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.
To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make - Antony Beevor
To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make
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