I have somewhat forthright views on the Great War - Lions led by donkeys etc for one - which he didnt like, Siege at Kut(*), and Lawrence was a madman.
(*) Kut was so bad they had an inquiry post war - Inquiry into the Mesopotamian campaign. Idea was OK, in order to take Baghdad, from the south, you have to take Nasiriya. a hundred y later, Saddam capitulated 2003 when Nasiriya fell.
some one recognised my style (here) from uni 1970
another (policeman) when I rang sort of last week, said "o you scraped that kid off the motorway in 1988. " I had to sit down