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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... Foreign Office , they reacted with fury . ' Weizmann is a child in these matters , ' Harold Caccia of the Foreign Office seethed . It was absurd to suppose that Ibn Saud could be bribed into granting a Jewish state . Eden , the Foreign ...
... Foreign Office , they reacted with fury . ' Weizmann is a child in these matters , ' Harold Caccia of the Foreign Office seethed . It was absurd to suppose that Ibn Saud could be bribed into granting a Jewish state . Eden , the Foreign ...
Page 130
... Foreign Office , but he recoiled from the ' death in life atmosphere ' of a ' cave of frustrated professors ' . " He momentarily considered the idea of going to Paris as Ambassador Duff Cooper's press attaché.58 He had met Cooper's wife ...
... Foreign Office , but he recoiled from the ' death in life atmosphere ' of a ' cave of frustrated professors ' . " He momentarily considered the idea of going to Paris as Ambassador Duff Cooper's press attaché.58 He had met Cooper's wife ...
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... Foreign Affairs , the journal of the American foreign policy establishment , asked him to contribute , and the two articles he wrote for them - one on political ideas in the twentieth century and another on Stalin's art of government ...
... Foreign Affairs , the journal of the American foreign policy establishment , asked him to contribute , and the two articles he wrote for them - one on political ideas in the twentieth century and another on Stalin's art of government ...
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