I am a historian of the Second World War and the aim of this site is to enable others to access some of the research I have carried out over the past few years, and to encourage people to exchange ideas and views about a wide range of subjects relating to the conflict. On this site you will find an oral history archive with transcriptions of many of the interviews I have conducted with veterans of the war from many different countries, and there are also blogs, comment pieces, book reviews, suggested reading, and also contributions from other leading historians in this field.
I hope you find it interesting.

James Holland

Blog - Sunday 5th March 2006

Diary of Writing Italy’s Sorrow

Charleston, South Carolina, March 5, 2006
Took a flight back to Charleston, landing late in the afternoon, then drove to Bill and Marie Pierce’s place.  They kindly offered to put me up once more, and it’s really good to see them.  They had also invited a friend of theirs to supper and we all had a very good evening.  After, we stayed up watching the Oscars, with Bill cursing every time George Clooney appeared.  Bill’s a die-hard Republican and has no time at all for what he calls, ‘lily-livered liberals.’

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