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Oy. NO.
Marc Bloch on French defeat, which some blamed on officers' "study of history": that was, he said, "so-called historical study," not history itself, which stood _aux antipodes_ of their instruction: not a set of rules but a "science of change," aware that "two 1/
Marc Bloch on French defeat, which some blamed on officers' "study of history": that was, he said, "so-called historical study," not history itself, which stood _aux antipodes_ of their instruction: not a set of rules but a "science of change," aware that "two 1/
never reproduce each other, because the conditions are never the same. "Two wars are never the same, since social structure, techniques, mentality are all _métamorphosées_."
But the invariable doctrine of the academies is that the war of 1914 will be that of Napoleon, that of 2/
But the invariable doctrine of the academies is that the war of 1914 will be that of Napoleon, that of 2/
1914 will replicate 1914's. Reading Foch's lectures from 1910, "Rarement lecture m’a procuré un pareil effarement": "seldom has reading so disturbed me," because he ignored historical change.
Boris perhaps similarly ossified? How one USES one's learning, that's crucial. 3/
Boris perhaps similarly ossified? How one USES one's learning, that's crucial. 3/
To be clear: My OY, NO is shocked response to notion that BoJo represents classical studies at their highest - or any - level: not to anything Mary Beard said.
