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Text of address by Hamilton to introduce actor Sir Gerald du Maurier, at a fundraising appeal for disabled ex-servicemen, 1026

HAMILTON, ISM 16/194
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1926 Nov 29 - 30

Part of HAMILTON, Gen Sir Ian Standish Monteith (1853-1947)

Text of Hamilton's address introducing Sir Gerald (Hubert Edward Busson) du Maurier, appealing for Lady Barrington's Village Homes for Disabled Ex-servicemen. 4pp

Text of address at a Christmas dinner for homeless ex-servicemen, London, 1926

HAMILTON, ISM 16/197
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1926 Dec 25

Part of HAMILTON, Gen Sir Ian Standish Monteith (1853-1947)

Text of address to homeless ex-servicemen at their Christmas dinner at Lyons Corner House, Coventry Street, London, given by the Central Relief Committee, British Legion. 2pp

Text of a World Affairs Council speech, Jan 1965, 'If you want peace, understand war'

LIDDELL HART 12/1965/41-43
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1965 Jan 14

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text of an address by Liddell Hart to the World Affairs Council at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, entitled 'If you want peace, understand war'. With correspondence and press reports

Text of a vote of thanks given by Hamilton at a meeting of the Royal Empire Society, 1942

HAMILTON, ISM 16/635
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1942 Nov 10

Part of HAMILTON, Gen Sir Ian Standish Monteith (1853-1947)

Text of speech by Hamilton proposing a vote of thanks to Lt Gen Sir William George Shedden Dobbie, at a meeting of the Royal Empire Society to hear Dobbie's address, 'Malta in wartime'. 1p

Text of a US Naval War College lecture, 'The objective in war: national object and military aim', Aug 1952

LIDDELL HART 12/1952/3
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1952 Aug 14

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text of a lecture to the US Naval War College, entitled 'The objective in war-national object and military aim', with a copy of the talk in Naval War College Review, Vol V, No 4, Dec 1952 and a reprint in separate booklet form

Text of a US Naval War College lecture, 'Characteristics of a sound strategy', Aug 1952

LIDDELL HART 12/1952/4-7
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1952 Aug 18

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text of a lecture to the US National War College, entitled, 'Characteristics of a sound strategy', with a summary and related correspondence

Text of a US broadcast by Ismay, Apr 1952, on the role of NATO

ISMAY 3/13/1
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1952 Apr 2

Part of ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)

Text of broadcast by Ismay for use in USA recorded 4 Apr 1952 relating to his early hesitation about North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), specifically that it would have a limited practical role, a fear which was dispelled in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb 1951. Typescript, 2pp

Text of a tribute by Kirke to Baron Carl von Mannerheim, Chairman of the Finnish Defence Council, [1931]

KIRKE 3/1/41
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[1931]

Part of KIRKE, Gen Sir Walter Mervyn St. George (1877-1949)

Tribute by Kirke to Finnish Baron Carl Gustav Emil von Mannerheim. Typescript, 2pp

Text of a talk, 'The collapse of the West in 1940...', [1950]

LIDDELL HART 12/1950/25
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[1950]

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text of a talk to the Forum Club entitled 'The collapse of the West in 1940-and its bearing on the present situation'

Text of a talk, 'NATO has got into a spin', Jan 1956

LIDDELL HART 12/1956/1
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1956 Jan 15

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text of a talk entitled 'NATO has 'got into a spin'', delivered to the Romney Street Group, a small luncheon group made up mostly of civil servants

Text of a talk, 'French military ideas before the First World War', Nov 1959

LIDDELL HART 12/1959/12-13
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1959 Nov

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text of a talk by Liddell Hart to Michael (Eliot) Howard's seminar, 'French military ideas before the First World War', which was published as a contribution to A century of conflict, 1850-1950, Essays for A J P Taylor, edited by Martin Gilbert (London 1966)

Text of a talk, 'Britain's defence strategy in the hydrogen bomb age', Apr 1954

LIDDELL HART 12/1954/1-3
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1954 Apr 24

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text of a talk to the BBC North Regional '51 Society, entitled, 'Britain's defence strategy in the Hydrogen Bomb age'

Text of a talk on time in modern warfare, Jun 1942

LIDDELL HART 12/1942/5
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1942 Jun 27

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text of an opening address for a Home Guard Intelligence Exercise, notably on the time factor in modern warfare

Text of a talk on recent history, Dec 1949

LIDDELL HART 12/1949/19-23
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1949 Dec

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text and preliminary notes for a talk to the Bedford Arts Club entitled 'Makers of recent history'

Text of a talk on muscle for school teachers, 1968

K/PP67/E/24
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1968

Part of HANSON, Professor (Emmeline) Jean (1919-1973)

Talk on muscle to school teachers, July 1968.

Text of a talk for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Aug 1966, about General Andrew McNaughton

LIDDELL HART 12/1966/2
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1966 Aug 16

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text of an appreciation by Liddell Hart for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, on the life and work of Gen Andrew McNaughton

Text of a talk for the BBC European Service, 'The problem of a 'settlement' with Russia', Oct 1951, with related papers

LIDDELL HART 12/1951/6-10
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1951 Oct 15 - Dec 31

Part of LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Text and script of Liddell Hart's contribution to a BBC European Service General News programme called 'As I see it-East-West settlement No 6'. Liddell Hart's paper was entitled, 'The problem of a 'settlement' with Russia'. With cuttings from The Listener, 15 Nov 1951, and New York Times, 2 Dec 1951. Also a paper entitled 'Is disarmament possible?' published in _New Republic,_31 Dec 1951, which was very similar to the text for the BBC programme

Text of a talk for the BBC by Joyce, 1941, on the Hejaz campaign and T E Lawrence, with annotations by A W Lawrence

JOYCE 2/19
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1941 Jul 14

Part of JOYCE, Lt Col Pierce Charles (1878-1965)

Joyce. BBC TV [?] script. Similar to JOYCE/2/18 on Hedjaz campaign 1916-18; first and other meetings with Lawrence. Annotated by AW Lawrence and corrected. Typed carbon, 4pp

Text of a talk for French radio, Mar 1968, 'The British Army, 1914-1918'