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Antony Beevor
Antony Beevor
British Historian
Born: Dec 14, 1946
Army Great History War World You
Related authors: A. J. P. Taylor Arnold J. Toynbee Arthur Helps C. Northcote Parkinson Linda Colley Neil MacGregor Norman Davies Simon Schama
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
Change Hatred Ability Propaganda Through Contain Instinct Mass Terrifying Does Normal Very Human Which Much Necessarily
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
Love You Half Out Archives Poignant Excellent Days Come Accounts Personal Personal Experiences Just Experiences Descriptions Dozen
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
Army First Control State Soldiers Extremely Months Out Red Disciplined Were Soviet Being Four Image
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
Will Thought Think Outrageous Select Leading Because Material Historian According Means Thesis
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
School Something Had Stuff Crutches Sort Bullied Child Disease Which Meant
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
Family Army Writing Arrogance Mother Try Job Thought Long Out Boring Having Only Long Line Writers Had Partly Because Line Been Years Very Five After Place Youthful Novel Why Why Not
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
Great First See London Had Excitement Central Novel Round Published
To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make. Antony Beevor
Mistake Worst Writer Make Begin
I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong. Antony Beevor
Luck Worst Both Wrong Proved Sales Reviewers Expect Any May Then
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
Army Wave Relaxed More Joined Like Friendly Salute Loved Which Regiment Served
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
Great Be Happy Together Happy People Old Control Nationalism Politicians Monster Diminish Dream Would See How Going Being Realise Little Militant European Europeans
I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does. Antony Beevor
History Way Slightly Never Feel Does Repeat Historians Itself Uneasy Going
I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop. Antony Beevor
Find Someone Am Scoop Historical Going Who Believes
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
Time Myself Experience Book People Reading Enjoy Would Both Write Scholarly Sort Just Enjoy Reading
Alpacas are very endearing, and they all have very different personalities. Antony Beevor
Very Endearing Different Personalities Different Personalities
When I started to write, I realised that you need a bit of both: the overall context as well as the individual's experience. Antony Beevor
You Experience Bit Both Individual Write Overall Well Context Realised Started Need
Some novelists want to give people in history a voice because they have been denied it in the past. Antony Beevor
History People Past Some Give Voice Because Been Denied Want In The Past Novelists
Restorers of paintings and pottery follow a code of conduct in their work to distinguish the original material from what they are adding later. Antony Beevor
Work Adding Later Distinguish Follow Pottery Material Conduct Original Paintings Code
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
Creative Writing Has-Been Poems Various Fact Dawn Blend Since Been Fiction Forms Epic Used Creative Writing Starting
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
Politics Service History Law Discipline Economics Important International Relations Relations Further Sector Civil Purely Civil Service Students Almost Almost All Ideal Also Practical Because Go Private Provides Private Sector Skills International Basic Level Sociology Needed Careers
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
History Will Sacrifice Understanding Lose Pressures Economic Part Budget Budget Cuts Without Impoverished Politically Cuts Who Socially
Entertainment history is now the main source of supposedly historical knowledge for more and more people, but 'histo-tainment' is superficial and lacks all context. Antony Beevor
Knowledge History Entertainment People Superficial More More And More More People Main Main Source Supposedly Context Source Historical Lacks Now
Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible. Antony Beevor
Truth Needs Marketing Television Remain Industry Historical Movie Incompatible Fundamentally
I'm often reassured in a bizarre - perhaps perverse - way when I find in the archive stuff that contradicts what my assumptions have been. That's interesting and exciting. Antony Beevor
Assumptions Way Bizarre Find Exciting Stuff Perhaps Been Often Interesting Perverse Reassured
The temptation in any approaching crisis or conflict is, because people haven't got a clue what lies ahead, they're always searching into the past for some sort of pattern ... to galvanise the nation or their supporters and put themselves on a pedestal to sound Churchillian or Rooseveltian. Antony Beevor
Conflict People Approaching Nation Past Pedestal Crisis Lies Some Temptation Put Supporters Sort Because Always Got Sound Any Pattern Clue Themselves Searching
I read round the subject, I make a skeleton outline, and then I start work in the relevant archives. During the marshaling of the material, I copy the material from each archive file across to the relevant chapter in the skeleton outline. Antony Beevor
Work Chapter Relevant Archives Outline Make Read Material Subject Skeleton Then Across File Each Round Start Copy
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