
Max Hastings
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
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Is There Any Time for Oral History?
Some historians who dismiss oral history are wrong to dismiss it. We all get very confused in our memories, he says. You do get a priceless sense of the scent and feel of war from those veterans. And they say things, they say extraordinary things that i meant. But none less, one cherishesWhenever i sit down to write about any war, i'm remembering odd moments like this. If you'll keep going at this rateyou'll be able to read my book on second elevenat. I've brittan written some of this stuff - but don't tell me how many people have already done so.
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