Thursday, July 17, 2014

Battle of the Historians

It was a surprise to find Simon Heffer writing in the NS, but as I'd read most of the books he mentioned I read and enjoyed the article very much:

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/07/simon-heffer-first-world-war-battle-historians

I particularly liked the put down of Max Hastings as being someone who writes about the past rather than being a historian.

All it needs to turn it into an exam question is inverted commas and the dreaded word "Discuss".

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