Awarded for Valour_ A History of the Victoria Cross and the Evolution of the British Concept of Heroism

206 AWARDED FOR VALOUR
the monarch to the rank and file of the military to a being a tool of command
and party politics. Yet regardless of the machinations of the masters of the
military, both civilian and in uniform, it does not tarnish the acts of the
winners. There remains one constant at the core of the Cross: It takes a hero
to win one.