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The mishandling of England ' s domestic problems during the nineteen - twenties
had been bad enough , but British foreign policy between 1931 and 1939 is one
of the wonders of the world . Why ? What had happened ? What was it that at ...
The mishandling of England ' s domestic problems during the nineteen - twenties
had been bad enough , but British foreign policy between 1931 and 1939 is one
of the wonders of the world . Why ? What had happened ? What was it that at ...
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Therefore , it was argued , they must be friendly to the British dividenddrawer .
Hence the truly frightening spectacle of Conservative M . P . s wildly cheering the
news that British ships , bringing food to the Spanish Republican government ...
Therefore , it was argued , they must be friendly to the British dividenddrawer .
Hence the truly frightening spectacle of Conservative M . P . s wildly cheering the
news that British ships , bringing food to the Spanish Republican government ...
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But in reality , whatever may be true about democracy and totalitarianism , it is not
true that they are the same . It would not be true , even if British democracy were
incapable of evolving beyond its present stage . The whole conception of the ...
But in reality , whatever may be true about democracy and totalitarianism , it is not
true that they are the same . It would not be true , even if British democracy were
incapable of evolving beyond its present stage . The whole conception of the ...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius A Penguin book : Polit. science Volume 6327 of Penguin Books Penguin twentieth-century classics |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Editor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Contributor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0140063277, 9780140063271 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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