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In 1794, George Washington confided to Alexander Hamilton, a fellow architect of the nascent US republic forged upon democratic ideals, that he…
The impact of war is always devastating, horrific and routinely sanitised for home audiences by editors and journalists. Robert Fisk, Middle East…
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The Chains of Seduction “If the mass will be free of chains of iron, it must accept chains of silver. If it…
The title of activist-historian Mark Curtis’s recent book tells it all: “Web of Deceit. Britain’s Real Role in the World”. It is…
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