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P. S. Squire

on secret police The Russian Secret Police Ronald Hingley (Hutchinson 60s) 'One must admit that our social existence is a sorry affair. This absence of public opinion, this......

Brian Crozier On Hugh Thomas

The first thing the wondering purchaser is entitled to know about . this book is that it runs to nearYy 1,700 pages (about the size of Who's Who); and the second, that at seven......