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In April war was declared with Germany. Wilson and his cabinet—a cabinet that in its lack of distinc...

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My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.

From the end of the World War twenty-one years ago, this country, like many others, went through a p...

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The war has ended with every one owing every one else immense sums of money. Germany owes a large su...

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John Maynard KeynesThe Economic Consequences of the Peace

The real propaganda is what—if we are genuinely a living member of a nation—we tell ourselves becaus...

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The implicit optimism of the [field service post card] is worth noting—the way it offers no provisio...

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Paul FussellThe Great War and Modern Memory

England looked strange to us returned soldiers. We could not understand the war-madness that ran wil...

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Robert GravesGoodbye to All That

Perhaps ... To R.A.L.Perhaps some day the sun will shine again,And I shall see that still the skies ...

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It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone’s malignity. When prices rise, it is d...

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Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry was even remotely involved, the idea of ...

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