Atlantic Charter revisited why it failed to mold world order
The piece recalls the 1941 Atlantic Charter forged by Roosevelt and Churchill aboard the USS Augusta. It notes Churchill’s pragmatic realpolitik, Soviet and British interpretations, and the charter’s failure to become a binding treaty. It reflects on shifting power postwar and asks whether idealism outlasted tangible gains.
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Washington
London
Roosevelt
Churchill
U.S
Augusta
United States
Newfoundland
Poland
Baltic States
Britain
India
Moscow
Finland
Rumania
Europe
Hopkins
Robert Sherwood
Senate
Russia
Top Books Across 125 Stores in 64 U S Communities
A survey from 125 bookstores in 64 U S communities lists fiction leaders including Valley of the Dolls and Tai-Pan and non fiction highlights such as How to Avoid Probate and The Last Battle. Notable titles span Susann Robbins Clavell Michener Thorp St Johns Macinnes Keyes Behn Hotchner Berne Capote Godden Beebe and Edwards.
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Clavell
Michener
Detective—Thorp
St. Johns
Macinnes
I, the
King—Keyes
Kremlin
Dacey
Ryan
Masters & Johnson
Papa Hemingway Hotchner
Berne
Capote
Godden
Beebe
Edwards
Oldenbourg
It Happened Here Explores English Occupation Fantasy
Bosley Crowther reviews It Happened Here a British film by Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo. The drama imagines a Nazi occupied England with a weary widow joining the English Volunteer Legion and becoming a reluctant collaborator. The film's stark realism and authentic detail provoke controversy in Britain.
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Bosley Crowther
New York Times
New York
England
Kevin Brownlow
Andrew Mollo
Underground
London
English Volunteer Legion
Britain
Time Between Wars Daniels Book Delves Into Two U.S. Decades
Book review of Jonathan Daniels The Time Between the Wars 1920s to 1930s with wit and clear survey of major events from World War I armistice to the New Deal. Notes on figures Wilson Harding Roosevelt Coolidge and Sinclair Lewis plus cultural markers and a memorable line about children and dispossessed streets.
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Charles Poore
New York Times
Jonathan Daniels
Doubleday
Daniels
Borah
CIA
Hitler
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Walter Lippmann
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sinclair Lewis
Wall Street
Grace Coolidge
Cal
Poppa
Lucy Mercer
Police Briefs In Carbondale Fine Two Drivers
Clarence Cobb fined $15 for driving with no valid operator license in Carbondale. Anita Kuo fined $15 for disobeying a stop sign in Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Clarence Cobb
Anita Kuo
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Kfort
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