"He rubbishes all of you views, and agrees mine"
Yet he accepts that Crane's review was a fair one - which is proof that what you are putting as proof is only a small part of his ideas.
I have no brief for Hastings - he is an extremist right winger with a right-wing political agenda - but he is also critical of how the war was led and conduced and as is indicated by his acceptance of the review.
He is not the historian you claim is necessary for the ones we have produced an you have rejected and - as I said - you have either been very selective or very stupid in your use of him.
He didn't think it was "a crap review" as you claimed (not having read the ***** book)
How stupidly arrogant can you get?
Jim Carroll