Amateurs dicey in diplomacy in Woodward’s history
A review of Woodward’s second volume of the official history British foreign policy in World War II covers 1941 43 from the German invasion of Russia to the collapse of the Moscow alliance. It praises the work for supplementary detail and notes Cripps poor diplomacy in Moscow while contrasting with Craigie in Tokyo. It discusses Stalin Eden relations July 1941 and UK surrender to Stalin on Baltic borders, and critiques de Gaulle handling by Churchill. It lauds the book’s scholarly standard and its insight into Anglo Soviet and Japan relations.
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Llewellyn Woodward
HMSO
Russia
Maly
Churchill
Halifax
Germany
Foreign Office
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Stalin
Cripps
War Cabinet
Soviet Union
Ribbentrop
Hitler
Poland
England
Anthony Eden
Baltic States
London
Eden
Woodward
Ussr
Japan
Pearl Harbour
Thailand
Vichy France
de Gaulle
United States
West Africa
Times Literary Supplement
Who's Who in New Zealand tenth edition overview
Reed publishes Who's Who in New Zealand edited by Dr G C Petersen. The volume lists biographies of over 3,000 people and includes an obituary section for 1968 to 1971. It is issued every three years and provides detailed information on government, courts, churches, departments, and agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Reed
G. C. Petersen
Patten Cooking Today in Colour Cookbook
A seventies era cookbook for women featuring imperial and metric measures priced at $4.95, positioning cooking guidance in a color illustrated format. Includes practical kitchen tips and recipes reflecting era aesthetics and domestic self sufficiency.
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Patten
Flawed Bequest: Hemingway Islands in the Stream Review
The Penguin edition prices Islands in the Stream at $1.35 and calls it a posthumous masterpiece. The work, begun in 1947 and revised after Hemingway's death, portrays Thomas Hudson through three episodes on Bimini, wartime decoy life, and a fatal sea chase, with the final section praised as near his best. MAURICE DUNLEVY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemingway
Penguin
Avana
Mary
Charles Scribner
Thomas Hudson
Hudson
Bimini
Maurice Dunlevy
The Noise of Drums and Trumpets Review
Elizabeth Grey evaluates a compilation of William Howard Russell's Crimean dispatches. The book highlights his frontline reporting, exposes British military failings, and frames war as horror. It surveys Balaclava, the 93rd Highlanders, and the Charge of the Light Brigade with historical maps and commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Grey
Longman
Times of London
Thunderer
Crimea
William Howard Russell
Balaclava
93Rd Hi Rs
Light Brigade
Russell
Robert Fenton
Playboy readers defend the magazine against ban debates
A reader declares support for Playboy amid ban talk, arguing the magazine offers entertainment for men. He cites demographics, past reading, and personal preference, noting he reads it for cartoons and humor, not for Playmates or Hefner’s philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lic
Hugh
Magaine
Playboy and its reader voice in a controversial critique
A reader defends Playboy against bans, praising its January issue featuring Germaine Greer, John Cheever, Ray Bradbury, and Joyce Carol Oates. The piece argues the magazine serves diverse tastes, challenges censorship, and reflects democratic tolerance for minority viewpoints among 6.4 million readers.
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John Cheever
Ray Bradbury
Joyce Carol Oates
Everglades
Playboy
Alberto Moravia
Australia
Hugh Hefner
Chicago
Challenging critique of Williams book on woolly monkeys
A British review condemns Leonard Williams’s Monkeys which are just too woolly, arguing its dialectical philosophy and bias obscure valid science. The piece notes strong ideological prejudices, poor synthesis, and misinterpretation of natural selection, while praising occasional insights on morality and culture.
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Ednard Williams
Cornwall
Williams
S. A. Barnett
J. H. Crook
B. F. Skinner
Hisse
Ion
Wil
Opmannce
Yelcon
Arthur Koestler
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Guards Brigade
Leonard Ward
Lord Raglan
Waterloo
Malta
47Th Foot
Redan
8Th Hussars
Horse Guards
Thomas Keneally Resony
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Barbara Glover
Gus Petersilka
Anvech Review
Wall Street Journal
Atlantic Monthly
Harvey Cox
Germaine Greer
Playboys
Maurice Dunnevy
Canada
Country Party
DLP
Petersilka
Pol
Dr Greer
Bunnies
Playboy Enterprises
Hefner
Leonard Williams
Andre Deutsch
Trary
Lysenko
Desmond Mortis
Robert Ardrey
Aach
C. H. Waddington
Pelham Books
Katharine Raine
Elsa Wilson
C. M. Neuter
Urban Research Unit
Arch Cool
Social Selesce
Australian National University
Profesor W. Ascott
Deparment of Economics
Research School of Pacific Studies
Fem Metisse Universiy
M. G. Butlin
Hood
Taf Economic History
Reward School of Social Sciences
Australian National
F. J. Fenner
W. D. Barrie
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G. M. Nevize
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