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Extract from a letter to Alistair Horne, journalist and historian, on FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and machine guns

Extract from a letter by John Wales on an example of the over-scrutiny of innocuous letters and papers by the authorities

Extract by Liddell Hart from an address by Maj Gen George Mackintosh Lindsay on the war in the Soviet Union, and on air bases in England

Administration. Teeth versus tail', extract from an article by Col H M Whitcombe in Army Quarterly, [1952]. 2 pp

Typed extract from an interview with German Gen Otto Victor Carl Liman von Sanders in The Daily Telegraph, comparing casualties suffered by the British and Turkish in Gallipoli. 1p

Photocopy extract from book Battle ready by Tom Clancy with Gen Tony Zinni (Ret.) and Tony Koltz (Putnam, New York 2004), describing Gen Zinni’s role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, 2001-2004. Some manuscript annotations.

Photocopy extract from book Blair’s wars: a liberal imperialist in action by John Kampfner (Free, London 2003), describing the role of Michael Levy, Baron of Mill Hill as special envoy to the Middle East, 1999-2003.

Photocopy of Bosnia - a short history, Noel Malcolm, Macmillan, London, 1994, p206-297, and typescript and manuscript notes on its contents, 9pp;

Photocopy of Breakdown: war and reconstruction in Yugoslavia, Yugofax, a project of War Report and the Helsinki Citizens Assembly, Anthony Borden (Ed), London 1992 p 1-81

Typescript copy of lineage taken from Burkes Peerage, of the Buxton family, with manuscript additions by Rosalind 'Linnett' Howell. 5pp.

Extract from Corelli Barnett, Desert Generals, (Kimber, London, 1960), p308, relating to the removal of Col Eric Dorman-Smith from his command of 3 Infantry Bde, 1 Infantry Div. 1p.

Typescript copy of section of Hamilton's personal diary of the Gallipoli Campaign for 5 May1915-30 Jul 1915, with minor variations from the entries subsequently published in his Gallipoli diary, 2 vols (Edward Arnold, London, 1920). 232pp

Extract from History of the Ministry of Munitions, Vol 12, Part 3, Tanks, (1920), page 67, relating to the establishment and composition of the Tank Board in Aug 1918. 1p

Extract from instructions from Robertson to Gen Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, General Officer Commanding, British Forces in Italy, on the working relationship of Plumer with the Italian Commander in Chief, Gen Armando Diaz. 1p.

Photocopy extract from Lenny Bruce: selected routines, undated.

Typed extract of letter from Capt C T Atkinson, Historical Section, Committee of Imperial Defence, noting the opposition of General HQ, Western Front, to operations in Eastern theatres. 1p

Photocopy extract from book Madam Secretary a memoir by Madeleine Albright (Miramax Books, New York, 2003), describing her role in negotiations between Israel, Syria and the Palestinians, 1998-2000.

Photocopy of Moje videnje raspada: vojska bez drzave [My view of the breakdown], Veljko Kadijevic, Politika, Beograd, 1993, p1-165 Language: Serbo-Croat

Photocopy extract from book Rise of the Vulcans: the history of Bush’s war cabinet by James Mann (Viking, New York, 2004) describing US attempts to encourage negotiation between Israel and the Palestinians, 2002.

Extract from The Daily Express on Gen Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, and his efforts to eliminate 'red tape' hindering the war effort in the Middle East