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The mass of the people are without military knowledge or tradition , and their attitude towards war is invariably defensive . No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military glory ” , no Hymn of Hate has ever ...
The mass of the people are without military knowledge or tradition , and their attitude towards war is invariably defensive . No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military glory ” , no Hymn of Hate has ever ...
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Military dictatorships exist everywhere , but there is no such thing as a naval dictatorship . What English people of nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type , the jingle of spurs and the ...
Military dictatorships exist everywhere , but there is no such thing as a naval dictatorship . What English people of nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type , the jingle of spurs and the ...
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If India were simply “ liberated ” , i.e. deprived of British military protection , the first result would be a fresh foreign conquest , and the second a series of enormous famines which would kill millions of people within a few years ...
If India were simply “ liberated ” , i.e. deprived of British military protection , the first result would be a fresh foreign conquest , and the second a series of enormous famines which would kill millions of people within a few years ...
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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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