It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
At the beginning of June 1944, the war was reaching a climax. German troops had been brutalised by the savagery of the… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I was in Estonia when a professor asked me if I was aware that making any criticism of the Red Army during… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
In the Iraq war, for instance, so much of the information is digitized and can easily be wiped out. That will make… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World War and its victims, we try to absorb all those statistics of… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
School-leavers unfortunately will come away thinking the First World War consisted simply of 'going over the top' on the Western Front to… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
The temptation in any approaching crisis or conflict is, because people haven't got a clue what lies ahead, they're always searching into… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question is how… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I was in Estonia when a professor asked me if I was aware that making any criticism of the Red Army during the war… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I'm often reassured in a bizarre - perhaps perverse - way when I find in the archive stuff that contradicts what my assumptions have… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
