I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop.

I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis

I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.

The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.

I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining reference point for every crisis and every conflict.

I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop.

The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that.