Top 61 Quotes by Antony Beevor

About Antony Beevor

These are some quotes by British author Antony Beevor Historian, who was born on December 14, 1946.

Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.

Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.

Antony Beevor

Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened.

Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened.

Antony Beevor

The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

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

The vital thing for me is to integrate the history from above with the history from below because only in that way can you show the true consequences of the decisions of Hitler or Stalin or whomever on the ordinary civilians caught up in the battle.

Antony Beevor

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.

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

The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that.

The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that.

Antony Beevor

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

Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different.

Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different.

Antony Beevor

Alpacas are very endearing, and they all have very different personalities.

Alpacas are very endearing, and they all have very different personalities.

Antony Beevor

The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous.

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

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