WTF is this "finally even Teribus has clearly, unequivocally, said they still have some validity. It would seem you're on your own now."


1918 to 1928:
Work published immediately after the First World War at the time was considered to be an accurate account of events and was extremely supportive of the steps taken by both Government and by the military.

1928 to 1969:
Work published in the period after the death of Earl Haig was "Revisionist" and many writing this history had agendas of their own - Liddell Hart; Fuller; Lloyd George; Winston Spencer Churchill; Alan Clark and A.J.P.Taylor.

OK then Raggytash did the work undertaken in this period totally negate what had been written beforehand by those "who had lived through it and taken part in it"? No of course it didn't - so stop trying to push the idea that the work by authors of this period are the alpha and omega of the matter - they most certainly are not. Much if not all of the source material was still classified and large swathes of foreign material had yet to be declassified, released and then translated.

1970 to Present:
Historians during this period have questioned the work done and published in the previous period and swung back more in line with the work done immediately after the war. This shift in opinion based upon new material becoming available and fresh interest coming with the 75th, 90th and 100th anniversaries of the conflict. By the way it was in this period that historians got to pour over the massive archives containing letters, photographs and diaries held by the Imperial War Museum, plus the material released by the British Government in accordance with their 50, 70 and 100 year rules, plus the wealth of foreign material similarly released by the Belgians, French and Germans.

I do not think that this work totally dismisses all work done previously but it does blows holes in some dearly held myths that were created between 1930 and 1969.

Keith is doing astonishingly well in holding his own in this discussion and he is far from being on his own.