The second volume of Chips Channon’s Diaries, edited by Simon Heffer, will be released on Thursday. It covers the period 1938 – 1943, so quite a lot saved up for the third volume.
Perhaps an antagonistic bull would buy this paperback if he were a bull in an airport bookshop. The publisher (Coronet) has packaged it to make it as unappealing as possible to a thoughtful reader.
Two Afghan wars in the 19th century are often quoted as a warning the Russians, then the US, UK and their allies and now perhaps China should have heeded.