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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 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 .
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Ten years of systematic Blimp - baiting affected even the Blimps themselves and made 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 ...
Ten years of systematic Blimp - baiting affected even the Blimps themselves and made 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 ...
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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 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 ...
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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 Issue 1 of Searchlight books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker & Warburg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 126 pages |
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