Philip Ziegler

Casualties of war and peace

John Simpson quotes Humbert Wolfe’s mischievous lampoon but makes it clear that, in spite of the somewhat disobliging title of his book, he does not accept it as fair comment.

issue 17 April 2010

  • Unreliable Sources

    John Simpson

    Macmillan, pp. 593

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