I am grateful to my pal, 'Richard of Russia', for finding this but, alas, I couldn't work out how to copy and paste it here in its original form so you will just have to expend a joule or two of energy in clicking on this link. However, I recommend you do so, it's well worth reading:
http://www.quickmeme.com/p/3vu14a
As Richard put it in his note to me, "Margaret MacMillan eat your heart out"!