Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)