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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... meeting in London with Churchill and the War Cabinet . Thanks to Berlin's summaries , Churchill could read the version of their meeting which Weizmann chose to circulate around Washington . " According to Weizmann , Churchill said that ...
... meeting in London with Churchill and the War Cabinet . Thanks to Berlin's summaries , Churchill could read the version of their meeting which Weizmann chose to circulate around Washington . " According to Weizmann , Churchill said that ...
Page 120
... meeting in London in early 1944. He maintained that Zionist forces in America made a great deal of noise but lacked the influence with the US administration to force the British hand . Dugdale let him know through Lewis Namier that she ...
... meeting in London in early 1944. He maintained that Zionist forces in America made a great deal of noise but lacked the influence with the US administration to force the British hand . Dugdale let him know through Lewis Namier that she ...
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... meeting about the disposal of his father's bristles business . On the journey , he ' declared himself and touched her hand . She kept entirely silent throughout but remembered thinking : ' Damn . ' His touch moved her , but it was ...
... meeting about the disposal of his father's bristles business . On the journey , he ' declared himself and touched her hand . She kept entirely silent throughout but remembered thinking : ' Damn . ' His touch moved her , but it was ...
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