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... surrender , but they might quite easily be bored , cajoled or cheated into it , provided that , as at Munich , they did not know that they were surrendering . It could happen most easily when the war seemed to be going well rather than ...
... surrender , but they might quite easily be bored , cajoled or cheated into it , provided that , as at Munich , they did not know that they were surrendering . It could happen most easily when the war seemed to be going well rather than ...
Page 82
... surrendered . Hitler's puppet government are not working - men , but a gang of bankers , gaga generals and corrupt ... surrender , only about peace ; and doubtless they will persuade themselves , and perhaps other people , that they ...
... surrendered . Hitler's puppet government are not working - men , but a gang of bankers , gaga generals and corrupt ... surrender , only about peace ; and doubtless they will persuade themselves , and perhaps other people , that they ...
Page 96
... surrender them fast enough when their country is in danger . War is the greatest of all agents of change . It speeds ... surrendering life as of sur- rendering leisure , comfort , economic liberty , social prestige . There are very few ...
... surrender them fast enough when their country is in danger . War is the greatest of all agents of change . It speeds ... surrendering life as of sur- rendering leisure , comfort , economic liberty , social prestige . There are very few ...
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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