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Originally Posted by Squeeth
Surely you can agree that operational documents from the time are less vulnerable to the vagaries of memory and prejudice, hindsight and ambition?
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How do you deduce from operational documents that a man is a bounder and a reptile?
As Van Poop correctly says "... personal recollections from a selection of human beings can give far more insight" into the character of a person. For this, diaries are invaluable, not operational documents.