My favorite example of getting too involved was the "official" Royal Navy history of the War of 1812. The RN tried very hard to find a British author to cover the history of the war with the US. But, they found that all of them started foaming at the mouth about as soon as they even thought about the American theatre of operations. The official British history is written by President Theodore Roosevelt. Are you going to Ironmasters? After the numerous appropriately curmugeonly remarks, I'm not at all sure that you are coming. Jamie To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html