“A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.”
The Origins of the Second World War ([1961] 1962), Ch. 7, p. 134
Alan John Percivale Taylor was a British historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his television lectures. His combination of academic rigour and popular appeal led the historian Richard Overy to describe him as "the Macaulay of our age".
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“A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.”
The Origins of the Second World War ([1961] 1962), Ch. 7, p. 134
"The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p. 14
The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939 (1957)
"The Great War: The Triumph of E. D. Morel", p. 157
The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939 (1957)
"The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p 34
The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939 (1957)
English History 1914 – 1945 ([1965] 1975), "Revised Bibliography", p. 729
Referring to Napoleon III, in "Mistaken Lessons from the Past", The Listener (6 June 1963)
“The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.”
Mon the Rangers
The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939 (1957)
"The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p. 14
The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939 (1957)
"Dissenting Rivals: Urquhart and Cobden", p. 55
The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939 (1957)
“The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.”
An Old Man's Diary ([1981] 1984) p. 39
The First World War ([1963] 1970) p. 165
“Taylor's Law states: "The Foreign Office knows no secrets."”
English History 1914 – 1945 ([1965] 1975), "Revised Bibliography", p. 730
The First World War ([1963] 1970) p. 20
“Why should knowledge of where I came from tell me where I am going to?”
'Moving with the Times', The Observer, 22 October 1961