Neal Ascherson Quotes

By the middle twentieth century, few European nation-states had not at one time or another figured t...

Black Sea

barbarians
civilization

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To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.- Jósef Piłsudski

Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero

defeat
perseverance
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Born: 1932-10-05

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Charles Neal Ascherson (born 5 October 1932) is a Scottish journalist and writer. He has been described by Radio Prague as "one of Britain's leading experts on central and eastern Europe". Ascherson is the author of several books on the history of Poland and Ukraine. His work has appeared in The Observer, The Independent on Sunday, London Review of Books and The New York Review of Books.More

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