Historian Geoff Andrews ' explains ‘ it was the role of the shop stewards in organising the Broad Lefts and influencing trade union leaders that was the key rather than organising the rank and file in defiance of leaderships ’ and so the party withdrew from rank-and-file organisations like the Building Workers Charter, and attacked " Trotskyist " tactics at the Pilkington Glass dispute in 1970.

Historian Francis Russell indicates that, beginning in the spring of 1905, Harding had a 15-year relationship with Carrie Fulton Phillips, wife of businessman and friend James Eaton Phillips of Marion, Ohio.

Historian Mark Phillips states that all subsequent Florentine accounts of the tyrannical regime of Walter VI of Brienne — including those by Leonardo Bruni and Niccolò Machiavelli — were based upon the primary source of Villani's Cronica.

Historian Henry Phillips concluded, " while it was not of sufficient magnitude to be termed a battle in technical military parlance, all of the potentials were present for a sanguinary battle, and the reason a battle did not occur was because the commanders of the two hostile forces each had reasons that he deemed sufficient for not forcing the issue.

Historian Michael Lynch comments that " the Scottishness of Balmoral helped to give the monarchy a truly British dimension for the first time ".

" Historian Adrian Weale comments that Himmler and the SS followed Hitler's policies, without question or ethical considerations.

Historian Howard Jones said that these comments " all but put the finishing touch on the Diệm regime ".

Historian Ronald Hutton records comments from British practitioners of Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca that distinctions between the two traditions have blurred in the last couple of decades, and some initiates of both traditions have recognized initiation within one as qualification for the other.

Historian Gwyn Williams comments " This is a complete farrago and may have been intended as a hoax ".

Historian John Goodwin comments that " the War Office were worried that capture of the ports of Littlehampton and Shoreham would enable the enemy to use the quays for the supply and reinforcement of troops landed to attack Portsmouth form the rear, prior to a march on London.

Historian Ronald Hyam comments that " Ceylon furnished MacDonald with a lethal combination of a military command which was inactive and uninteresting, and a community of boys who were interesting and very active.

Historian James Friguglietti comments that Rudé ’ s work, " displayed sympathy for the lower classes, whether laborers or convicted criminals ".

" Historian Ron Chernow says of this " he wasn't calling for peaceful protests or civil disobedience: he was calling for outright rebellion, if needed, against the federal government of which he was vice president.

Historian Garry Wills argued " Their nullification effort, if others had picked it up, would have been a greater threat to freedom than the misguided and sedition laws, which were soon rendered feckless by ridicule and electoral pressure " The theoretical damage of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions was " deep and lasting, and was a recipe for disunion ".

Historian Joseph Allen recounts that on one occasion Nelson, whose eyesight was still suffering following his wound, offered toothpicks to an officer who had lost his teeth and then passed a snuff-box to an officer whose nose had been torn off, causing much embarrassment.

The thesis that the Third Reich went to war on the basis of " blitzkrieg economics " was criticized by Richard Overy in the 1980s and Historian George Raudzens highlighted the many, somewhat conflicting, senses in which historians have used the word.

Historian Paul K. Davis wrote, " Having defeated Eudes, he turned to the Rhine to strengthen his northeastern borders-but in 725 was diverted south with the activity of the Muslims in Acquitane.

Historian and journalist Robert Peel, who was a Christian Scientist, chronicles examples of these accounts, quoting from the affidavits.

The first systematic Chinese historical text, Shiji or Records of the Grand Historian, was written by Sima Qian.

Historian Kris Inwood places the date very early, at least in Nova Scotia, finding clear signs that the Maritimes " Golden Age " of the mid-nineteenth century was over by 1870, before Confederation or the National Policy could have had any significant impact.

) Assistant Church Historian, Andrew Jenson, also reported that the alphabet was produced by a committee composed of Orson Pratt, Parley P. Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, George D. Watt, Robert L. Campbell, and others.

Third, Laozi was the Grand Historian and astrologer Lao Dan ( " Old Long-ears "), who lived during the reign ( 384-362 BC ) of Duke Xian ( 獻公 ) of Qin ).

Historian Isabelle Dervaux has described the reception this painting received when it was first exhibited at the official Paris Salon of 1874: " Visitors and critics found its subject baffling, its composition incoherent, and its execution sketchy.

Historian Mark Stoyle suggests that she was probably taught Cornish by William Killigrew, Groom of the Privy Chamber and later Chamberlain of the Exchequer.

Historian Brian Loring Villa concluded that Mountbatten conducted the raid without authority, but that his intention to do so was known to several of his superiors, who took no action to stop him.

Historian Gordon Wood concludes that the greatest act in his life was his resignation as commander of the armies — an act that stunned aristocratic Europe.

Historian Wolfgang Sauer says that " although he was pedantic, dogmatic, and dull, Himmler emerged under Hitler as second in actual power.

Historian Neil Davidson notes that “ after 1746 there was an entirely new level of participation by Scots in political life, particularly outside Scotland ”.

Historian Strabo writes that the Seleucids later gave the area south of the Hindu Kush to the Mauryas after a treaty was made.

Historian Benjamin Platt Thomas wrote that Booth " won celebrity with theater-goers by his romantic personal attraction ", but that he was " too impatient for hard study " and his " brilliant talents had failed of full development.

Historian Wilhelm Levison, writing in 1946, was sceptical about the authenticity of this charter.

" Historian Ron Chernow says of this " he wasn't calling for peaceful protests or civil disobedience: he was calling for outright rebellion, if needed, against the federal government of which he was vice president.

Historian Garry Wills argued " Their nullification effort, if others had picked it up, would have been a greater threat to freedom than the misguided and sedition laws, which were soon rendered feckless by ridicule and electoral pressure " The theoretical damage of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions was " deep and lasting, and was a recipe for disunion ".

Historian of religions Mircea Eliade called Feuerstein's ' The Philosophy of Classical Yoga ', " one of the most profound and original contributions to the understanding of classical yoga ".

" Reviewer Julie Robertson wrote, “ I don ’ t know what I love best about Gerald Haslam ’ s writing: the validation of his own turf, his marvelous sense of history and metaphor, or his zany and poignant characters .” Historian Kevin Starr observed, “ for Haslam the Great Central Valley offers a profound and dynamic probe, an axis of approach, a metaphor, into the human condition itself .” Professor David Fine asserts, “ He writes with tolerance about intolerance, with a sense of justice about injustice and with humor that doesn ’ t stoop to condescension .” The Long Beach Press-Telegram called him simply “ the writers ’ writer .”

Historian Norman F. Cantor has made the paradoxical statement that he was " the most effective king in Anglo-Saxon history ", despite his not being Anglo-Saxon.

Historian Robert Liddiard suggests that on the basis of the views from the castle at this time, the structured nature of the parks would have contrasted with the wilderness of the mountain peaks framing the scene beyond, making an important statement about the refinement and cultured nature of the castle lord.

Historian Runoko Rashidi issued a statement in solidarity with Sudanese Nubians protesting the dams and called for a halt to their construction.

In another volume of Records of the Grand Historian, Youxia ( 游俠列傳 ), Sima Qian detailed several embryonic features of xia culture from his period.

Historian Anne F. Thurston wrote that it " led to loss of culture, and of spiritual values ; loss of hope and ideals ; loss of time, truth and of life ..." Barnouin and Yu summarized the Cultural Revolution as " a political movement that produced unprecedented social divisions, mass mobilization, hysteria, upheavals, arbitrary cruelty, torture, killings, and even civil war ...", calling Mao " one of the most tyrannical despots of the twentieth century.

Historian James Lockhart has divided the colonial history of the Nahua into three stages according to the degree of interaction between Spaniards and Nahuas and the following changes in Nahua culture.

Historian Teresa Wilniewczyc noted, that his zeal for totalitarian control over the world of Polish culture was " far more than was required ".

The naturalistic and flowing art, the Songs of Chu, historical records ( Records of the Grand Historian ), excavated bamboo documents ( Guodian bamboo slips ) and other artifacts reveal heavy Daoist and native folk influence in Chu culture.

Historian and archaeologist Alexandru Vulpe found a remarkable uniformity of the Geto-Dacian culture, however he is one of the few Romanian archaeologists to make a clear distinction between the Getae and Dacians, arguing against the traditional position of the Romanian historiography that considered the two people the same.

Historian Gregory Schneider identifies several constants in American conservatism: respect for tradition, support of republicanism, " the rule of law and the Christian religion ", and a defense of " Western civilization from the challenges of modernist culture and totalitarian governments ".