Quote of the day
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.
John Terraine

Born: January 15, 1921
Died: December 28, 2003 (aged 82)
Bio: John Alfred Terraine was a TV screenwriter, and leading British military historian, although not permanently associated with any academic institution.
Known for:
- Business in great waters (1989)
- Mons, the retreat to victory (1960)
- To win a war (1978)
- White Heat: The New Warfare 1914-18 (1982)
- The smoke and the fire (1980)