"I have laboured underhand with the Prussian Ministers here to bring about some reconciliation, but they have made no progress. They are well disposed, but timid."
AHAHAHAHA yeah I bet they were timid!
I cannot think of the bombardment of Dresden without horror, nor of many other things I have seen. Misfortunes naturally sour men's tempers, and the continuance of them at last extinguishes humanity.
This really spoke to me. I'm glad you quoted it; it say something to me both about Mitchell and about the war.
Talking back to Fritz if you're not an intellectual and if you actually work for him is a tricky business at the best of times. this is a terrible time. Trying to smooth things over between Fritz and one of his top generals: also a dangerous prospect, not for faint hearted. Running interference between Fritz and a member of his family, not just any sibling but the one he's got a famously tense relationship with: probably will get your head bitten off. Doing something that combines all these things without the protection of diplomatic immunity? No way.
This really spoke to me. I'm glad you quoted it; it says something to me both about Mitchell and about the war.
*nods* It's something which pop culture would ascribe to a 20th century mentality, and that's just not true. (Wasn't before Mitchell's life time, either.) And he's speaking as someone who saw wars of devastation twice, once in Scotland and now here.
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Re: Andrew Mitchell: War Reporter at Large
AHAHAHAHA yeah I bet they were timid!
I cannot think of the bombardment of Dresden
without horror, nor of many other things I have seen. Misfortunes naturally sour men's tempers, and the continuance of them at last extinguishes humanity.
This really spoke to me. I'm glad you quoted it; it say something to me both about Mitchell and about the war.
Re: Andrew Mitchell: War Reporter at Large
Talking back to Fritz if you're not an intellectual and if you actually work for him is a tricky business at the best of times. this is a terrible time. Trying to smooth things over between Fritz and one of his top generals: also a dangerous prospect, not for faint hearted. Running interference between Fritz and a member of his family, not just any sibling but the one he's got a famously tense relationship with: probably will get your head bitten off. Doing something that combines all these things without the protection of diplomatic immunity? No way.
This really spoke to me. I'm glad you quoted it; it says something to me both about Mitchell and about the war.
*nods* It's something which pop culture would ascribe to a 20th century mentality, and that's just not true. (Wasn't before Mitchell's life time, either.) And he's speaking as someone who saw wars of devastation twice, once in Scotland and now here.