A. J. P. Taylor Quotes

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war...

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to...

History is not another name for the past as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the...

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the...

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige...

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaini...