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“... results. Neither, however, enjoyed fighting for its own sake, as Caesar did, or Napoleon, or Alexander, or Stonewall Jackson, by far the most talented commander of the American Civil War. To them it was – or became – like a drug, an addiction that could not be given up. Had he lived, Alexander might have invaded ...”

“... pressing problems for Attlee and his colleagues in the new Labour government, particularly Ernest Bevin, the foreign secretary. Before the 1945 election, Labour had adopted a resolution demanding that Jews become a majority in Palestine: ‘Let the Arabs be encouraged to move out as the Jews move in’ (which was what happened in 1948, in a manner of ...”

“... published long before. Of the big five of the 1945 Labour Government – Attlee, Morrison, Bevin, Dalton and Cripps – four have had heavyweight biographies, the most recent of which, Ben Pimlott’s biography of Dalton, is already 17 years old. Furthermore, Dalton’s own more than readable autobiography was completed 40 years ago, and his memorable ...”

“... by the known bias of the Foreign Secretary.’ They were writing about 1947, when Ernest Bevin was Foreign Secretary and Zionist forces were attacking the British. However, Tom Segev points out that the British Army, as it withdrew from Palestine a year later, was careful to hand over its main military bases to the Zionist forces even as it attempted ...”