and he is every bit as qualified as Max Hastings -...and no more.

You have never responded to it anywhere - I have only just raised it (stop lying)

I know you have just raised it. I ignored it because it is irrelevant to this thread, and the Stalin thread is closed.

YOU CANNOT GIVE AN HONEST VIEW OF ANY HISTORIAN'S OPINIONS WITH OUT-OF-CONTEXT QUOTES

Lie.
My quotes are in context, and I provided the links so they can be seen to be in context.

nd they are only available to a few people - no new evidence has been discoled from them and it

Any researcher can make use of the archive, and it is all being put on line. The historians who have used it say it is very valuable.

by establishment historians to rehabilitate the war

What establishment?
Boot is American. Macmillan Canadian. Pennel did all her studying in Ireland.
That establishment are all long dead and no-one cares about protecting them.