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... disasters and retreats . There is no popular poem about Trafalgar or Waterloo , for instance . Sir John Moore's army at ... disaster . The names of the great battles that finally broke the German armies are simply unknown to the general ...
... disasters and retreats . There is no popular poem about Trafalgar or Waterloo , for instance . Sir John Moore's army at ... disaster . The names of the great battles that finally broke the German armies are simply unknown to the general ...
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... disaster , such as prolonged subjugation by a foreign enemy , to destroy a national culture . The Stock Exchange will be pulled down , the horse plough will give way to the tractor , the country houses will be turned into children's ...
... disaster , such as prolonged subjugation by a foreign enemy , to destroy a national culture . The Stock Exchange will be pulled down , the horse plough will give way to the tractor , the country houses will be turned into children's ...
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... disaster brought a few able men like Bevin to the front , but in general we are still commanded by people who managed to live through the years 1931-39 without even discovering that Hitler was dangerous . A generation of the unteach ...
... disaster brought a few able men like Bevin to the front , but in general we are still commanded by people who managed to live through the years 1931-39 without even discovering that Hitler was dangerous . A generation of the unteach ...
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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