English historian.
"Alan John Percivale Taylor wrote "English History," 1914-1945 and "The Origins of the Second World War," 1961."
Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman. . . never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy."
"He [Lord Northcliffe] aspired to power instead of influence, and as a result forfeited both."
A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
"We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. "