Antony Beevor

Quotes

• “At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further...”
• “Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us...”
• “The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intell...”
• “There are one or two very good women military historians who use imagination, great study and research; they can put the...”
• “I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material accordin...”
• “To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make”