… republic, was not a settlement at all, but a temporary compromise between antagonistic forces that used it as a … of the republic, had enunciated it in his pre-War studies of the question of nationalities. The idea of union … had fought all their lives. Some day these “November criminals” will be given the credit they deserve. They performed a …
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… hair, the gravel of her baby voice, their sturdy little bodies in my arms. And I don’t know why, but that has been the … Connecticut farmhouse where we used to gather for meals. All these echoes, all these resonances, all the … lived (no, really) from 1944 to 1946. I have little in common with Chandler except that we both write about Los …
… East during World War II: a turf battle between at least 20 competing intelligence and military bureaucracies. Rival … of that history with this acute analysis. The Warrior Generals: Combat Leadership in the Civil War, by Thomas B.Buell. … absurd to preach the virtues of Christian poverty to the medieval peasant who lived and died in the midst of it, so the …
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… eyes, wide and innocent, as if she were looking at catkeedrals. “Shit you are,” Henschel said. “Look, do I ask you … traffic, yelling and gesticulating at the taxis and Caddies. “Hey, Ragout!” Henschel shouted. “Long time, no see. … the cold. “I’ve got to return the cup,” she said. “Will you come with me? It’s Blumenthal’s.” So he had met Blumenthal, …