tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977310098529084891.post8756954917383976238..comments2024-02-27T02:19:19.667-08:00Comments on rethinking history: Great Betrayals - populist historians reworking realityNigel Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176570029569275055noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977310098529084891.post-70313007141944297152010-07-24T23:54:56.613-07:002010-07-24T23:54:56.613-07:00All personal loss is tragedy. Loss for political r...All personal loss is tragedy. Loss for political reason is no less so. Teh question remains as to whether that loss is justifiable, or 'for the greater good'. I believe that the wars against the Axis powers were a worthy cause, but that doesn't for a moment suggest that I think all the things governments have sacrificed their troops for in the last century are worthy.Nigel Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176570029569275055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977310098529084891.post-51163764995859241412010-03-23T18:27:00.656-07:002010-03-23T18:27:00.656-07:00My godfather divorced his wife and she met and mar...My godfather divorced his wife and she met and married a New Zealander. She died a couple of years ago. He at the age of 85 decided he wanted to do "the grand European tour" and he did. His final stop before sitting on a bum numbing flight back from London to Kiwiland was to travel at a very hot time of year to the war graves at Anzac.<br />He was there and he lost friends there. To minimise this or be reductive about it is an insult IMOAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03662246781062151330noreply@blogger.com