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Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (9 November 1925 – 25 May 2017) [1] was a British historian and academic best known for his works about armed conflicts involving 19th- and 20th-century France, including his classic about the Algerian War, A Savage War of Peace.A former spy and journalist, Horne wrote more than 20 books on travel, history, and biography.

Alistair Horne, a British historian whose prizewinning works included a gripping account of the battle of Verdun and a keen analysis of the French-Algerian war that President George W. Bush read ...

Sir Alistair Horne, obituary: war historian whose work was widely read and admired. A spy in Palestine and Cairo during the Second World War, Horne’s oeuvre included books on French history, the ...

Sir Alistair Horne may be the only author in the world whose books have been read and praised by George W. Bush, Ariel Sharon and Robert Fisk. Not to mention by much of the senior military staff of the U.S. Army, Middle East scholars, State Department policy wonks, and realpolitik statesmen. The distinguished British historian, author of 18 books, became the talk of the U.S. chattering classes ...

Sir Alistair Horne, who has died aged 91, was a distinguished historian, ex-spy and The Daily Telegraph’s former man in Berlin, a post from which he was sacked for offending Lady Pamela Berry ...

SIDELIGHTS: Alistair Horne is a "distinguished historian whose trilogy on Franco-German conflict from 1870 to 1940 could hardly be bettered," John Leonard wrote in the New York Times. Horne's studies of revolutionary movements, especially his award-winning analysis of the Algerian insurrection, have also received critical acclaim.

Bush's favorite historian British author Alistair Horne explains what Pinochet, Sharon and Bush have all taken from his work, why peace means getting rid of the priests, and why Iraq is the wrong ...

A HISTORIAN, journalist and writer known for his love of France has died at the age of 91. ... Oxford academic Sir Alistair Horne produced a vast body of work within his lifetime – including a ...

Mr. Horne, a onetime British spy, often wrote about France and “the malignancy of war.”

SIR ALISTAIR HORNE, a distinguished historian, former spy and columnist who lived in Turville, has died, aged 91. ... Alistair Allan Horne was born on November 9, 1925, the only child of Sir Allan Horne and Auriol, née Hay-Drummond, niece of the 13th Earl of Kinnoull.

Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (9 November 1925 – 25 May 2017 [1]) was a British journalist, biographer and historian of Europe, especially of 19th and 20th century France. He wrote more than 20 books on travel, history, and biography. [2]Horne worked as a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph from 1952 to 1955. He was the official biographer of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan

Horne did not resist. The author of at least 14 books on the subject, starting with The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 and including A Savage War of Peace, his magisterial and highly influential account of the 1954-62 Franco-Algerian war, Horne’s French oeuvre stands comparison to that of any native historian.

Alistair Horne, a British historian whose prizewinning works included a gripping account of the battle of Verdun and a keen analysis of the French-Algerian war that President George W. Bush read ...

Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (born 9 November 1925) is a British journalist, biographer and historian of Europe, especially of 19th and 20th century France. He is a son of Sir Allan Horne (died 1944)[1] and Auriol (née Hay-Drummond),[2] niece of the 13th Earl of Kinnoull. As a boy during World War II, Horne was sent to live in the United States. He attended Millbrook School, where he ...

Sir Alistair Horne is the author of over 20 books on history and politics. They include A SAVAGE WAR OF PEACE: Algeria 1954-1962 (winner of the Wolfson Prize); THE PRICE OF GLORY: Verdun 1916 (winner of the Hawthornden Prize); HOW FAR FROM AUSTERLITZ?: Napoleon 1805-1815; and SEVEN AGES OF PARIS. In 1969, he founded the Alistair Horne Fellowship to help young historians at St. Antony's College ...

Alistair Horne. AKA Alistair Allan Horne. Born: 9-Nov-1925 Birthplace: London, England Died: 25-May-2017 Location of death: Turville, Buckinghamshire, England Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Historian Nationality: England Executive summary: Seven Ages of Paris Military service: RAF (1943-44); British Army (Coldstream ...

About Superintendent Tom Horne Tom Headshot 60px.jpg Tom Horne served 24 years in the state's third-largest school district board, 10 years as president. He served in the legislature and was chairman of the academic accountability committee. He was State Superintendent of Schools from 2003 to 2011, and then was elected State Attorney General. While Attorney General, he argued in every court ...

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Phoenix -- A self-styled Phoenix pastor and his wife who gained notoriety in 2012 for a well-publicized zoning battle involving the home-based location for their religious services, have been sentenced along with the man's brother for offenses related to AHCCCS fraud, Attorney General Tom Horne announced today. Read more on www.azag.gov