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... British foreign policy between 1931 and 1939 is one of the wonders of the world . Why ? What had happened ? What was it that at every decisive moment made every British statesman do the wrong thing with so unerring an instinct ? The ...
... British foreign policy between 1931 and 1939 is one of the wonders of the world . Why ? What had happened ? What was it that at every decisive moment made every British statesman do the wrong thing with so unerring an instinct ? The ...
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... British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would immediately march in - would mean an immense dislocation . Neither the Japan- ese , the Russians , the Germans nor the Italians would be capable of administering India ...
... British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would immediately march in - would mean an immense dislocation . Neither the Japan- ese , the Russians , the Germans nor the Italians would be capable of administering India ...
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... British capitalism is evolving into something different , or that the defeat of Hitler can mean any more than a victory for the British and American millionaires . And from that they will proceed to argue that , after all , democracy is ...
... British capitalism is evolving into something different , or that the defeat of Hitler can mean any more than a victory for the British and American millionaires . And from that they will proceed to argue that , after all , democracy is ...
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army Blimps bombing planes Britain British ruling class BURMESE DAYS capitalism capitalist Chamberlain civilization coloured common Communists conquered culture CYRIL CONNOLLY danger defeat democracy destroyed disaster enemy England English Genius English Socialist Europe European exist face fact Fascism feel fighting foreign GEORGE ORWELL German gloomy Sundays grasp happen Hitler HOMAGE TO CATALONIA human hypocrisy idea imperial incomes India industry intellectuals intelligentsia Italians kind Labour Party left-wing less living London Martin Secker mean ment MICHAEL FOOT middle class military million modern monied class morale nation Nazi never numbers officers outlook ownership pacifist past patriotism peace political privilege pro-Fascist programme public schools revolution revolutionary rich Rolls-Royce car Russians SEARCHLIGHT BOOK SEBASTIAN HAFFNER simply slums snigger Socialist movement society Spanish Spanish civil war surrender T. C. WORSLEY tion totalitarianism treacherous true turn UNICORN Socialism whole workers