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Delusion about history is a serious matter; it can gravely affect the history that is waiting to be made.

John Terraine

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It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
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John Terraine

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:
  1. Business in great waters (1989)
  2. Mons, the retreat to victory (1960)
  3. To win a war (1978)
  4. White Heat: The New Warfare 1914-18 (1982)
  5. The smoke and the fire (1980)

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