Marina Hyde (To anyone who thinks Trump can bring peace and equality to Iran – I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Going cheap, 3 March) admires the master military strategist Carl von Clausewitz. We should also remember Marie von Clausewitz, especially as we celebrate International Women’s Day on Sunday. Marie organised and edited her husband’s heaps of papers for his great work, On War, and published the volume after his death. She was a formidable intellect yet her contribution, as so often, is underappreciated.
Struan Macdonald
Hayes, Kent
• David Drew (Letters, 1 March) says his sons were identified as peaceniks on the basis of carrying a Guardian. When I was visited at home by my GP 40 years ago, a Guardian lay at my bedside. After examining me, he said that I would no doubt have questions about his diagnosis. When I asked what made him so sure, he said: “I’ve never known a Guardian reader not to have intelligent questions.”
Chris Burgess
Stockport, Greater Manchester
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