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Patrick's avatar

Thanks Matthew these are always awesome.

JG's avatar

Agreed!

Matthew Palmer's avatar

Thank you, much obliged!

Brian J. Dunn's avatar

Very enjoyable. What might be a few sentences in a large-scale history is much more interesting when treated as the subject itself.

Harald Gormsson's avatar

“In the run-up to the expedition, Castlereagh had a habit of ignoring information that was inconvenient to him.” 😲😲🙄 Dear God what a loser.

And why do the intelligence and medical readiness failings sound like France during WW I (Thank you Alistair Horne)?

Matthew Palmer's avatar

Its ironic in some ways, as Castlereagh was otherwise a very succesful and effective diplomat.

Harald Gormsson's avatar

Perhaps he should have stuck to that.