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Page 58
It is worth noticing that the navy and , latterly , the air force , have always been
more efficient than the regular army . But the navy is only partially , and the air ,
force hardly at all , within the ruling - class orbit . It must be admitted that so long
as ...
It is worth noticing that the navy and , latterly , the air force , have always been
more efficient than the regular army . But the navy is only partially , and the air ,
force hardly at all , within the ruling - class orbit . It must be admitted that so long
as ...
Page 64
... it harder than it had been before to get intelligent young men to enter the
armed forces . Given the stagnation of the Empire the military middle class must
have decayed in any case , but the spread of a shallow Leftism hastened the
process .
... it harder than it had been before to get intelligent young men to enter the
armed forces . Given the stagnation of the Empire the military middle class must
have decayed in any case , but the spread of a shallow Leftism hastened the
process .
Page 89
But the various pro - Fascist forces are not consciously acting together , and they
operate in different ways . The Communists must certainly be regarded as pro -
Hitler , and are bound to remain so unless Russian policy changes , but they
have ...
But the various pro - Fascist forces are not consciously acting together , and they
operate in different ways . The Communists must certainly be regarded as pro -
Hitler , and are bound to remain so unless Russian policy changes , but they
have ...
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| 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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