Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Gabriel Kolko

Born: August 17, 1932
Died: May 19, 2014 (aged 81)
Bio: Gabriel Morris Kolko was an American-born Canadian historian and author. His research interests included American capitalism and political history, the Progressive Era, and US foreign policy in the 20th century.
Known for:
- Triumph of Conservatism (1963)
- Anatomy of a War (1985)
- Railroads and regulation, 1877-1916 (1965)
- Century of war (1994)
- Vietnam (1997)