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A FEW days ago I was talking with the Friends of Scotland caucus in the Canadian Parliament and one of the Senators asked about Scottish veterans from the Korean War given that April sees the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong in which Canadian Troops fought alongside the First Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. I had to admit that I knew virtually nothing about what has been called “the forgotten war”. Consequently I sought out some background and chanced upon Max Hastings’ popular history of the conflict in the Pan Military Classics series. This is a li...

by Max Hastings New York: Harper, Collins, 2020. Pp. xxxv, 380+. Illus., chron., appends., notes, biblio., index.. $30.00. ISBN: 006295363X A Fresh Look at the “Dam Busters” Many people have seen the classic 1955 film The Dambusters, but probably wish Sir Peter Jackson had gone on to make his factually-corrected remake. It turns out, however, that Sir Peter may be fortunate not to have done so yet. Because he might yet want to option Sir Max Hastings' recent book, titled in Britain Chastise: The Dambusters Story. A British friend recommended it to this reviewer ...