“In the last days before the attack a strange feeling, not so much of confidence as of fatalism, pervaded the German tank forces- if this strength, this enormous agglomeration that surrounded them on every side, could not break the Russians,… — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
“Krebs, who knew some Russian and at one stage in his career had been embraced by Stalin, was "a smooth, surviving type." And so, with almost incredible effrontery, he tried to talk to Chuikov as an equal, opening the conversation… — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
“There are few nicer things than sitting up in bed, drinking strong tea, and reading.” — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water. — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them. — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
“In the last days before the attack a strange feeling, not so much of confidence as of fatalism, pervaded the German tank forces- if… — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
“Krebs, who knew some Russian and at one stage in his career had been embraced by Stalin, was "a smooth, surviving type." And so,… — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
The only solution is to kill 600 people in one night. Let the UN and Bill Clinton and everyone else make a scene -… — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there… — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
There's nothing so improves the mood of the Party as the imminent execution of a senior colleague. — Alan Clark Copy Share Image
