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Allan Massie

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Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.


— Allan Massie


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Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse.


— Allan Massie


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We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.


— Allan Massie


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About Allan Massie







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His political views on devolution changed during the Thatcher years and he came to regret his support for the 1979 devolution referendum. He has previously been a columnist for the Daily Telegraph the Glasgow Herald and was the Sunday Standard's television critic during that paper's brief existence. Early life
Born in 1938 in Singapore where his father was a rubber planter for Sime Darby Massie spent his childhood in Aberdeenshire.

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