Thomas Graham’s Diary – 8th August 1939
Graham focuses again on his personal experience of war from conflicts past, and shares a conversation he has had recently in which mental health is discussed and the idea of […]
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Thomas Graham’s Diary – 6th August 1939
This entry discusses the mobilisation of millions of German troops near the Polish border, and Thomas’s pessimism regarding the outlook of events. By the end of the month, Hitler had […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 4th August 1939
Graham’s August entries open with a short one, which gets straight to the point. On the anniversary of Britain’s entry into World War One, only 25 years previously, Graham conveys […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 27th July 1939
This entry focuses primarily on Hermann Rauschning, the author of Graham’s latest read which warns of the dangers posed by Hitler and the Nazi party. Rauschning (1887-1982) was a German […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 25th July 1939
Graham continues in the personal vein of the previous entry, where in amongst his observations and updates on current affairs, he takes time to reflect and becomes philosophical. The pretty, […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 14th July 1939
This entry is quite different from those that we have focused on so far from Graham, with regards to the discussion being dominated by his own personal account of what […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 29th May 1939
This last diary entry for May 1939 mentions Graham’s newest read, “The End of Economic Man” by Peter F Drucker. The book is “a social and political effort to explain […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 26th May 1939
This entry focuses on British journalist and writer Sisley Huddleston who was critical of the actions of the government after World War One and advocated for the Pan-Europe manifesto presented […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 15th May 1939
This next entry begins with a change in pace and offers some light relief to the concerning global political picture. In events that will most likely be unfamiliar to readers […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 5th May 1939
Graham captures the omnipresent uncertainty and threats of the era as he opens this entry with the comment “the tension continues”. He focuses his attention this time to Martha Dodd […]