Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... communist party members by the mid - 1930s , or Stephen Spender , who had thrown himself into anti - fascist activity and was to go to Spain to work for the republican radio service . But he had a strong sense that politics led people ...
... communist party members by the mid - 1930s , or Stephen Spender , who had thrown himself into anti - fascist activity and was to go to Spain to work for the republican radio service . But he had a strong sense that politics led people ...
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... communist threat . In January 1949 communist troops seized Peking and by midsummer most of China was in communist hands . In Washington ' Who lost China ? " was the question of the hour , and the hunt for scapegoats fellow - travellers ...
... communist threat . In January 1949 communist troops seized Peking and by midsummer most of China was in communist hands . In Washington ' Who lost China ? " was the question of the hour , and the hunt for scapegoats fellow - travellers ...
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... communist sympathies , 97 ; life - style , 130 ; defects to USSR , 193 , 231 Busch , Wilhelm , 90 Butler , Joseph , Bishop of Durham , 103 , 279 Byron , George Gordon , 6th Baron : Don Juan , 157 Caccia , Harold ( later Baron ) , 116 ...
... communist sympathies , 97 ; life - style , 130 ; defects to USSR , 193 , 231 Busch , Wilhelm , 90 Butler , Joseph , Bishop of Durham , 103 , 279 Byron , George Gordon , 6th Baron : Don Juan , 157 Caccia , Harold ( later Baron ) , 116 ...
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