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A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred (Antony Beevor Quotes)
One has this image of the Soviet state and the Red Army as being extremely disciplined but in the first four months of 1945 their soldiers were completely out of control. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
I was planning to stay in the Army all my life, but I ended up being posted to a training camp in Wales and was so bored there, I wrote a novel. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology, politics, international relations and economics. History is also an ideal discipline for almost all careers in the law, the civil service and the private sector. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
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. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
Without an understanding of history, we are politically, culturally and socially impoverished. If we sacrifice history to economic pressures or to budget cuts, we will lose a part of who we are. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
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 for your own armoured vehicles. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
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. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
The great European dream was to diminish militant nationalism. We would all be happy Europeans together. But we are going to see the old monster of militant nationalism being awoken when people realise how little control their politicians have (Antony Beevor Quotes)
The punishment of shaving a woman’s head had biblical origins. In Europe, the practice dated back to the Dark Ages with the Visigoths. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
Some novelists want to give people in history a voice because they have been denied it in the past (Antony Beevor Quotes)
Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
Alpacas are very endearing, and they all have very different personalities (Antony Beevor Quotes)
I have come across both inspiring teachers of history and deplorable ones over the years, so one cannot generalise, except perhaps to observe that the profession seems to encourage anti-militarist sentiments. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
There are one or two very good women military historians who use imagination, great study and research; they can put themselves in the boots of the soldier. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous. (Antony Beevor Quotes)
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 novel?’ partly out of youthful arrogance and partly because there had been a long line of writers in my mother’s family (Antony Beevor Quotes)
I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences (Antony Beevor Quotes)
The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms (Antony Beevor Quotes)
When my first novel was published, I went in great excitement round bookshops in central London to see if they had stocked it (Antony Beevor Quotes)
When I was a child I had something called Perthes’ Disease which meant I was on crutches, so I was bullied at school and all that sort of stuff (Antony Beevor Quotes)
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 Quotes)
One has this image of the Soviet state and the Red Army as being extremely disciplined but in the first four months of 1945 their soldiers were completely out of control (Antony Beevor Quotes)
I think it’s outrageous if a historian has a ‘leading thought’ because it means they will select their material according to their thesis (Antony Beevor Quotes)
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 Quotes)
I can’t envisage stopping writing (Antony Beevor Quotes)
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