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... 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 made any appeal to them . In the ...
... 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 made any appeal to them . In the ...
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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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... military middle class must have decayed in any case , but the spread of a shallow Leftism hastened the process . It is clear that the special position of the English intellectuals during the past ten years , as purely negative creatures ...
... military middle class must have decayed in any case , but the spread of a shallow Leftism hastened the process . It is clear that the special position of the English intellectuals during the past ten years , as purely negative creatures ...
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