| Beskrivelse | Correspondence with Basil Liddell Hart and family. Routine letters mention visits to Dartington Hall and family activities. Of interest are typed copies of manuscripts and notes attributed to Liddell Hart, as follows: How History Repeats Itself with Variations (nd); The European Spinning Top (nd); Chinese Prelude (nd); Estimates of Leading Statesmen - from the Journals of Lord Esher (nd); Mr. Churchill's Calculations; Prewar calculations re-examined in the light of two and a half years of test by war (c1942); A Reflection - On Freedom (1941); In Retrospect (1941); A Reflection on Japanese Relations with Europe (1942); The Influence of Civilisation on Military Power (1942) ; Conscription Kills Enthusiasm (1942); A Reflection on the Sustenance of Morale (1942); An Interim Reflection on the Italian Campaign (1943); Supplementary Note (1943); The Kharkov Trial (1943); The Future Balance of Europe - A Reflection (1943); A Comment on "Victory's" Plan for a Peace That Will Render Germany Harmless For All Time (1944); Some Personal Notes on 1965. Also there are copies of letters from Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst to Basil and Kathleen Liddell Hart obtained for reference only from the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Finally there is a copy of an essay, 'Dartington Revisited' written by Adrian Liddell Hart (1983), on the years 1939 and 1940 at Dartington, focusing on internment and internees, B H Liddell Hart's activities at Dartington (1939-1941), and reflecting on life at Dartington in the context of the early years of World War II. |