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... present paper is a middle- class Englishman of fifty - eight . Evidently his nationality , his social milieu , and his age , between them , will in large measure determine the standpoint from which he views the world panorama . In fact ...
... present paper is a middle- class Englishman of fifty - eight . Evidently his nationality , his social milieu , and his age , between them , will in large measure determine the standpoint from which he views the world panorama . In fact ...
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... present impregnable against military attack by the Soviet Union . For Moscow , it would be sheer suicide to make the attempt , and there is no evidence that the Kremlin has any intention of committing such a folly . The Communist weapon ...
... present impregnable against military attack by the Soviet Union . For Moscow , it would be sheer suicide to make the attempt , and there is no evidence that the Kremlin has any intention of committing such a folly . The Communist weapon ...
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... present them as genuine new departures . But has Russia been Westernizing herself voluntarily or under duress ? On this point , the present writer's personal beliefs are as follows : For nearly a thousand years past , the Russians have ...
... present them as genuine new departures . But has Russia been Westernizing herself voluntarily or under duress ? On this point , the present writer's personal beliefs are as follows : For nearly a thousand years past , the Russians have ...
Contents
CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL Acknowledgments | 9 |
Preface | 11 |
My View of History | 15 |
Copyright | |
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