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Books

Points of no return Robert Skidelsky Terrorism and the Liberal State Paul Wilkinson (Macmillan 27.95) The academic study of terrorism raises questions both of academic integrity......

Seamen

Jo Gnmond The Orkneyinga Saga translated by Hermann Palsson and Paul Edwards (The Hogarth Press £7.50) Considering its importance to their own history, the British pay......