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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 ?
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 ?
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As people to live under , and looking at them merely from a liberal , negative standpoint , the British ruling class had their points . They were preferable to the truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists . But it had long been obvious ...
As people to live under , and looking at them merely from a liberal , negative standpoint , the British ruling class had their points . They were preferable to the truly modern men , the Nazis and Fascists . But it had long been obvious ...
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Any transference to foreign rulefor if the British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would immediately march in-would mean an immense dislocation . Neither the Japanese , the Russians , the Germans nor the Italians ...
Any transference to foreign rulefor if the British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would immediately march in-would mean an immense dislocation . Neither the Japanese , the Russians , the Germans nor the Italians ...
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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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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius The Uniform Edition of George Orwell Works, George Orwell [His works. Uniform edition], George Orwell |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker and Warburg, 1962 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 11 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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