Lady Belle
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Peter Hart:
Most of your work deals with the Western Front, and the theme of many of your books is that this was where the war would be decided (and that the "sideshow theaters" like the Middle East were mostly wasteful distractions. Is this one of the reasons you focus on the Western Front, and are you at all interested in writing about these sideshows in future books?
Peter Hart
Hi Leila,
I have written two books on Gallipoli and find it the most fascinating of all the Great War campaigns - but also mad, stupid and incredibly wasteful of lives given the minimal chances of success. I have always wanted to write on Mesopotamia, but there has ever been a 'right' time. Still perhaps in the future!
Peter
I have written two books on Gallipoli and find it the most fascinating of all the Great War campaigns - but also mad, stupid and incredibly wasteful of lives given the minimal chances of success. I have always wanted to write on Mesopotamia, but there has ever been a 'right' time. Still perhaps in the future!
Peter
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