Quotes by Antony Beevor

Sir Antony James Beevor, FRSL is an English military historian. He has published several popular histories on the Second World War and the 20th century in general.

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The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers come to terms with the death of comrades by certain rituals.

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What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred.

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I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.

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Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others.

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I get slightly obsessive about working in archives because you don't know what you're going to find. In fact, you don't know what you're looking for until you find it.

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