Antony Beevor

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December 14, 1946

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Antony James Beevor is a British historian, educated at Winchester College and Sandhurst. He studied under the famous historian of World War II, John Keegan. Beevor is a former officer with the 11th Hussars who served in England and Germany for 5 years before resigning his commission. He has published several popular histories on the Second World War and 20th century in general.

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Sunday 30 September

A long silence, but then September has been a crazy month.I arrived in Sydney at the end of August and suffered less jetlag than I expected. It was lovely weatherfor early spring, and I went straight into MTA (maximum tanning angle) by the pool of my hotel in Sydney. Sunshine is

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Average rating: 4.18 · 16,519 ratings · 992 reviews · 22 distinct works · Similar authors

	Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7,664 ratings — published 1998 — 37 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fall of Berlin 1945 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 3,897 ratings — published 2002 — 39 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	D-Day: The Battle for Normandy 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,872 ratings — published 2009 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 1,190 ratings — published 1982 — 28 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Second World War 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crete: The Battle And The Resistance 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris: After the Liberation 1944-1949 by Antony Beevor, Artemis Cooper 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1994 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of Olga Chekhova 3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas at Stalingrad (Pocket Penguin 70's #16) 3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 33 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un escritor en guerra. Vasili Grossman en el Ejército Rojo, 1941-1945 by Antony Beevor (Editor), Luba Vinogradova (Editor), Juanmari Madariaga (Translator) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“History is never tidy.”
― Antony Beevor, The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

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“I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis”
― Antony Beevor

tags: confirmation-bias, historiography, history, thesis

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“To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make”
― Antony Beevor

tags: writing

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Knight's Cross : A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by David Fraser

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