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- 1956 - 1959 (Creation)
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Liddell Hart foreword to Lost victories, the memoirs of German FM Fritz Erich von Manstein edited and translated by Anthony G Powell (Methuen, London, [1958]) first published as Verlorene Siege in 1955; with typescript and page proofs of introduction; file including correspondence with Basil Collier, Cabinet office, historical section; Anthony G Powell, translator; Maj John North; John D Cullen and Peter L K Wait, Methuen and Company, publishers; including newspaper cutting 'Books on the way-I' by Mark Stanhope Sunday Times, 23 Mar 1958 announcing publication of the memoirs in May 1958 and press reviews including 'Everything left to "the Fuhrer's intuition' by Lt Gen Hugh Gray Martin Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, 29 May 1958; 'Manstein's view' a review by Basil Collier Sunday Times, 1 Jun 1958; 'Unhappy warrior' by Michael Eliot Howard The Observer, 8 Jun 1958; 'Dunkirk was a disaster for the Germans' by Brig Derek Mills-Roberts Liverpool Daily Post, 2 Jul 1958 and 'A military genius who helped Hitler look good' by S L A Marshal, New York Times, 5 Oct 1958. 1 file