Quote of the day
I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be
A pleasant road.
I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me
Aught of its load;
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)