15 MARCH 1997, page 28

Our Joint Tradition

Sir: In contradistinction to Matthew Parris (Another voice, 8 March), I am very glad that we use the term - the Judaeo-Christian tradition', for it reminds Christians that the......

Operation Matador

Sir: I read John Colvin's review (Books, 8 March) of Major-General Clifford Kinvig's book, Scapegoat: General Percival of Singa- pore. I went to Singapore with the Duff Coop-......

Forbes Wha Ha'

Sir: Your correspondents prove odder and odder. How can a man whose names are Alastair and Forbes write (Letters, 1 March) 'I am neither Scottish.... Al as- tair is the Scottish......

A Year's Advantage

Sir: Without doubt John Charmley is wrong to say that a war in 1938 would have been one 'in which we should have done no bet- ter than we did when we actually declared it a year......

A Brutal Alliance

Sir: With reference to Anne McElvoy's arti- cle (The consequences of a myth', 15 February) on the reparations charged to Germany after the first world war, the recent opening of......

The Schlieffen Plan

Sir: When I was a cadet at Sandhurst before the war, we were told that the Ger- mans did not win in 1914 because von Kluck who commanded the operation lost his nerve (Letters, 8......

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