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Saul David
British Historian
Born: 1966
Army First History School War World
Related authors: A. J. P. Taylor Antony Beevor Arnold J. Toynbee Arthur Helps C. Northcote Parkinson Linda Colley Norman Davies Simon Schama
History tells us that a general can move and feed an army as efficiently as he likes, but the real litmus test is the battlefield. Saul David
History Army Battlefield Tells General He Feed Likes Real Test Efficiently Move Litmus Litmus Test Us
When I was six or seven, we went to the nearest English primary school, St Weonards, about seven miles away. The teaching was good, and this was the start of my beginning to shine as a student. Saul David
Good School Shine Beginning Seven About Student Primary Primary School Six Miles Teaching English Away Nearest Start
Few remember that the battle of Rorke's Drift was fought on the same day that the British Army suffered its most humiliating defeat at nearby Isandlwana. Saul David
Day Army Battle Remember Few Defeat Humiliating Drift Most Same Fought Suffered Nearby British
From 1801, Napoleon began an ambitious programme of civil reform to standardise law and justice, centralise education, introduce uniform weights and measures and a fully functioning internal market. That achievement alone makes him one of the giants of history. Saul David
Education Alone History Achievement Justice Law Market Giants Introduce Civil Weights Him Napoleon Makes Began Ambitious Reform Uniform Internal Measures Fully Programme
It is surely no coincidence that Napoleon's two greatest heroes were Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. In certain respects, he would outdo them both. Saul David
Great Heroes Alexander Respects Would Outdo Both He Caesar Napoleon Surely Greatest Were Julius Julius Caesar Them Certain Two Coincidence
Even a moderniser like Alexander II - who emancipated the serfs in 1861 - had no intention of devolving real power. Saul David
Power Alexander No Intention Had Like Real Real Power Intention Who Even
Henry Kissinger is perhaps the best-known American statesman of the 20th century. Saul David
Statesman Kissinger Perhaps American Century Henry
Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable. Saul David
Framework Vital Construct Indispensable Writers Facts Simply Non-Fiction Around Narratives Historical Quite Which
In March 1915, at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British fired more shells in a single 35-minute bombardment than they had during the whole Boer War. Saul David
War Battle Single More Fired Had Shells Than Whole March British
It is not enough just to get your forces from A to B - you have to keep them fed and watered as they go. The art of movement, therefore, is one of the most complex and vital that any commander must master if he is going to win. Saul David
Art You Win Master Enough Complex Must Vital Fed He Most Forces Go Commander Get Any Going Just Movement Them Your Therefore Keep Watered
Winter horseshoes are equipped with little spikes that give a horse traction on snow and ice and prevent it from slipping. Saul David
Winter Slipping Give Prevent Horse Equipped Snow Ice Little
By Vietnam, the Jeep had given way to the helicopter, and it is hard to imagine a modern army fighting a war without this supremely adaptable workhorse. Saul David
War Army Fighting Way Given Had Supremely Without Modern Vietnam Helicopter Hard Imagine Adaptable
I was brought up with a whole bunch of cousins in the Wye Valley during the hippy days of the 1970s. Saul David
Valley Brought Days Cousins Hippy Up Bunch Whole
There were about 30 children at one stage, running around like savages at a place called Callow Hill, near Monmouth, which was owned by my grandparents. They lived in the big house, but my dad had five brothers and a sister, and they all lived in various houses scattered on the hill. Saul David
Big Sister Stage Running Brothers About Scattered Various Had Like Hill House Houses Around Were Big House Five Owned Children Place Which Grandparents Dad Lived Near Savages
My great-great-grandfather, who made his money in the jute trade, had at one time 600 houses in London, and within three generations, the money was gone. Saul David
Time Money Made Three Gone One Time London Had Generations Houses Within Trade His Who

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