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Thread #156239 Message #3686601
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
17-Dec-14 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: I am not an historian but........
Subject: RE: BS: I am not an historian but........
The Guardian. "AJP Taylor's rather vulgar book, The First World War: An Illustrated History, and Oh, What a Lovely War!, Joan Littlewood's musical pasquinade. The latter, which used the songs the Tommies had sung in the trenches, drew on Alan Clark's 1961 book The Donkeys – a largely fraudulent book, whose title derives from an invented quotation about "lions led by donkeys", that nevertheless made a mark."
Me. "The Guardian printed a piece, by a Guardian correspondent, that described Taylor and Clark's work as "vulgar" and "fraudulent" respectively. "
Honest and accurate, unlike you people.
Jim, You have rejected Taylor as a historian
No I have not. His work has been superceded and discredited by later historians. I am not qualified to have an opinion.