R.W. Johnson
R.W. Johnson’s latest book is South Africa’s Brave New World: The Beloved Country since the End of Apartheid.
In the LRB Archive:
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Diary: Magdalen College · 19 November 2009
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A Formidable Proposition: D-Day · 10 September 2009
- D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
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Diary: ‘Author Loses Leg in Lagoon’ · 6 August 2009
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End of the Road: The Undoing of the ANC · 20 November 2008
- Cyril Ramaphosa by Anthony Butler
- After the Party: A Personal and Political Journey inside the ANC by Andrew Feinstein
- Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred by Mark Gevisser
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Short Cuts: Robbie Gets His Gun · 25 September 2008
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Where do we go from here?: in Zimbabwe · 8 May 2008
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Blame It on Mussolini: The Turning Points of the Second World War · 29 November 2007
- Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World 1940-41 by Ian Kershaw
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Rivonia Days: remembering the trial · 16 August 2007
- The State v. Nelson Mandela: The Trial That Changed South Africa by Joel Joffe
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Ducking and Dodging: Agent Zigzag · 19 July 2007
- Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre
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Up the Garden Path: Michael Foot · 26 April 2007
- Michael Foot: A Life by Kenneth O. Morgan
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In Time of Famine reports from Zimbabwe · 22 February 2007
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Her Boy: Mark Thatcher · 16 November 2006
- Thatcher’s Fortunes: The Life and Times of Mark Thatcher by Mark Hollingsworth and Paul Halloran
- The Wonga Coup: The British Mercenary Plot to Seize Oil Billions in Africa by Adam Roberts
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Far from the Least Worst Alternative: the shortcomings of Neville Chamberlain · 17 August 2006
- Neville Chamberlain: A Biography by Robert Self
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Young Brutes: the Amerys · 23 February 2006
- Speaking for England: Leo, Julian and John Amery: The Tragedy of a Political Family by David Faber
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In Pyjamas: Bill Deedes’s Decency · 17 November 2005
- Dear Bill: A Memoir by W.F. Deedes
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Find the birch sticks: a spy’s diary · 1 September 2005
- The Guy Liddell Diaries: Vol. I 1939-42 edited by Nigel West
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Burning Blankets: Robert Mugabe’s latest tidy-up · 7 July 2005
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Help Yourself: The other crooked Reggie · 21 April 2005
- Reggie: The Life of Reginald Maudling by Lewis Baston
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Lords loses out: Basil D’Oliveira and racism in sport · 16 December 2004
- Basil D’Oliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy: The Untold Story by Peter Oborne
- Reflections on a Life in Sport by Sam Ramsamy and Edward Griffiths
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Really Very Exhilarating: Macmillan and the Guardsmen · 7 October 2004
- The Guardsmen: Harold Macmillan, Three Friends and the World They Made by Simon Ball
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Associated Prigs: Eleanor Rathbone · 8 July 2004
- Eleanor Rathbone and the Politics of Conscience by Susan Pedersen
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Jingoes: Britain and South Africa since the Boer War · 6 May 2004
- The Lion and the Springbok: Britain and South Africa since the Boer War by Ronald Hyam and Peter Henshaw
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Carry on up the Corner Flag: The sociology of football · 24 July 2003
- Ajax, the Dutch, the War: Football in Europe during the Second World War by Simon Kuper
- Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football by Tom Bower
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Bad Timing: All about Eden · 22 May 2003
- Eden: The Life and Times of Anthony Eden, First Earl of Avon 1897-1977 by D.R. Thorpe
- The Macmillan Diaries: The Cabinet Years 1950-57 edited by Peter Catterall
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Just Had To: LBJ · 20 March 2003
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Vol. III: Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
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Every Club in the Bag : Whitehall and Moscow · 8 August 2002
- The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War by Peter Hennessy
- Know Your Enemy: How the Joint Intelligence Committee Saw the World by Percy Cradock
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Don’t you carry?: going to ground in Zimbabwe · 25 April 2002
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Cads: Roosevelt’s Secret War: FDR and World War Two Espionage by Joseph Persico. · 4 April 2002
- Roosevelt’s Secret War: FDR and World War Two Espionage by Joseph Persico
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How would Richelieu and Mazarin have coped? on Henry Kissinger · 20 September 2001
- The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
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Apocalypse Two on Rwanda’s genocide · 21 June 2001
- A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda’s Genocide by Linda Melvern
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Diary · 10 May 2001
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Into the Second Term on New Labour · 5 April 2001
- Servants of the People: The Inside Story of New Labour by Andrew Rawnsley
- Mandelson and the Making of New Labour by Donald Macintyre
- Mo Mowlam: The Biography by Julia Langdon
- Ann Widdecombe: Right from the Beginning by Nicholas Kochan
- The Paymaster: Geoffrey Robinson, Maxwell and New Labour by Tom Bower
- The Future of Politics by Charles Kennedy
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How Mugabe came to power talks to Wilfred Mhanda · 22 February 2001
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‘Do they eat people here much still?’ ‘Rarement. Très Rarement.’ on Thomas Hodgkin · 14 December 2000
- Thomas Hodgkin: Letters from Africa, 1947-56 edited by Elizabeth Hodgkin and Michael Wolfers
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Bugger everyone on the prime ministers 1945-2000 · 19 October 2000
- The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders since 1945 by Peter Hennessy
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After the Election in Zimbabwe · 20 July 2000
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A Dangerous Occupation: The Land Wars of Southern Africa · 1 June 2000
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I’m all for it · 30 March 2000
- Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII by John Cornwall
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South African Stories in South Africa · 2 March 2000
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Nerds, Rabbits and a General Lack of Testosterone: Major and Lamont · 9 December 1999
- The Autobiography by John Major
- In Office by Norman Lamont
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Why there is no easy way to dispose of painful history: Truth, Lies and Reconciliation · 14 October 1999
- The Truth about the Truth Commission by Anthea Jeffery
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An Unreliable Friend on Nelson Mandela · 19 August 1999
- Mandela: The Authorised Biography by Anthony Sampson
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Diary: Goodbye Zimbabwe · 4 March 1999
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The Greatest Error of Modern History: Did the Kaiser get it right? · 18 February 1999
- The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson
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Rogue’s Paradise on The Russians and the Anglo-Boer War by Apollon Davidson and Irina Filatova · 16 July 1998
- The Russians and the Anglo-Boer War by Apollon Davidson and Irina Filatova
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Mister Sheppard to you on Classes and Cultures: England 1918-51 by Ross McKibbin · 21 May 1998
- Classes and Cultures: England 1918-51 by Ross McKibbin
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Redheads in Normandy on the 1997 election · 22 January 1998
- The British General Election of 1997 by David Butler and Dennis Kavanagh
- Labour's Landslide by Andrew Geddes and Jonathan Tonge
- Britain Votes 1997 edited by Pippa Norris and Neil Gavin
- Collapse of Stout Party: The Decline and Fall of the Tories by Julian Crtitchley and Morrison Halcrow
- Les Election Legislatives, 25 Mai-1er Juin 1997: Le president desavoue
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High Priest of Mumbo-Jumbo · 13 November 1997
- Lord Hailsham: A Life by Geoffrey Lewis
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Mediterranean Man · 16 October 1997
- Albert Camus: A Life by Olivier Todd, translated by Benjamin Ivry
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Diary · 17 July 1997
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Stick to the Latin · 23 January 1997
- Enoch Powell by Robert Shepherd
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The Ingenuity of Rural Life · 12 December 1996
- The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1849-1985 by Charles van Onselen
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Digging up the Ancestors · 14 November 1996
- Hugh Gaitskell by Brian Brivati
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On the Way to First Base · 17 October 1996
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End of an Elite · 21 March 1996
- Slovo: The Unfinished Autobiography by Joe Slovo
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Famous Four · 30 November 1995
- SDP: The Birth, Life and Death of the Social Democratic Party by Ivor Crewe and Anthony King
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Fear in the Miracle Nation · 2 November 1995
- The Liberal Slideaway by Jill Wentzel
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Diary · 3 August 1995
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Rubbing along in the neo-liberal way · 22 June 1995
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The Presidents’ Man · 25 May 1995
- Foccart Parle: Entretiens avec Philippe Gaillard
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Megalo · 9 March 1995
- The State We’re In by Will Hutton
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At the Skunk Works · 23 February 1995
- Fool’s Gold: The Story of North Sea Oil by Christopher Harvie
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This Sporting Life · 8 December 1994
- Iain Macleod by Robert Shepherd
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Enrichissez-Vous! · 20 October 1994
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The Greatest · 4 August 1994
- Charles de Gaulle, Futurist of the Nation by Régis Debray, translated by John Howe
- De Gaulle and 20th-Century France edited by Hugh Gough and John Horne
- François Mitterrand: A Study in Political Leadership by Alistair Cole
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Here for the crunch · 28 April 1994
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Bevan’s Boy · 24 March 1994
- Michael Foot by Mervyn Jones
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The Last Days of Bhambayi · 6 January 1994
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Schadenfreude · 2 December 1993
- The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher
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Stitched up · 21 October 1993
- Return to Paradise by Breyten Breytenbach
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Magical Socialism · 5 August 1993
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When that great day comes · 22 July 1993
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Beloved Country · 8 July 1993
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Nixon’s Greatest Moments · 13 May 1993
- Nixon: A Life by Jonathan Aitken
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The Kennedy Boys · 28 January 1993
- JFK: Life and Death of an American President. Vol. I: Reckless Youth by Nigel Hamilton
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So much was expected · 3 December 1992
- Harold Wilson by Ben Pimlott
- Harold Wilson by Austen Morgan
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Cheered in the street, much as Charles or Di · 9 July 1992
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Ahead lies – what? · 12 March 1992
- Paradigms Lost: The Post Cold War Era edited by Chester Hartman and Pedro Vilanova
- The Crisis of Socialism in Europe edited by Christiane Lemke and Gary Marks
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Who’ll man the fax? · 13 February 1992
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What Buthelezi wants · 19 December 1991
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The Past and Future of the South African Communist party · 24 October 1991
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Aids in South Africa · 12 September 1991
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Lions, Princes, Bosses · 15 August 1991
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Rowley Arenstein, friend of Mandela, supporter of Buthelezi, talks to R. W. Johnson · 21 February 1991
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Further Left · 16 August 1990
- Prepared for the worst: Selected Essays and Minority Reports by Christopher Hitchens
- Blood, Class and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies by Christopher Hitchens
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R.W. Johnson pays his respects to Mrs Luthuli · 19 April 1990
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Moooovement · 8 February 1990
- Resources of Hope: Culture, Democracy, Socialism by Raymond Williams, edited by Robin Gable
- The Alien Mind of Raymond Williams by Jan Gorak
- Raymond Williams: Writing, Culture, Politics by Alan O’Connor
- Raymond Williams on Television: Selected Writings edited by Alan O’Connor
- News from Nowhere: No 6. Raymond Williams: Third Generation edited by Tony Pinkney
- Raymond Williams: Critical Perspectives edited by Terry Eagleton
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R.W. Johnson writes about a national disgrace · 6 July 1989
- Who Framed Colin Wallace? by Paul Foot
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Is this successful management? · 20 April 1989
- One of Us: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher by Hugo Young
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The Revolution is over · 16 February 1989
- The Permanent Revolution: The French Revolution and its Legacy 1789-1989 edited by Geoffrey Best
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Via Mandela · 5 January 1989
- Higher than Hope: ‘Rolihlahla we love you’ by Fatima Meer
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Black on Black · 24 November 1988
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Scenes from South African Life · 13 October 1988
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Pallas · 7 July 1988
- The Enchanted Glass: Britain and its Monarchy by Tom Nairn
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Lordspeak · 2 June 1988
- Passion and Cunning, and Other Essays by Conor Cruise O’Brien
- God Land: Reflections on Religion and Nationalism by Conor Cruise O’Brien
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Doctor Feelgood · 3 March 1988
- Reagan’s America: Innocents at Home by Garry Wills
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Diary · 10 December 1987
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Public Enemy · 26 November 1987
- Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover by Richard Gid Powers
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Peter Wright, Judges and Journalists · 3 September 1987
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Going for Gould · 23 July 1987
- Apocalypse 2000: Economic Breakdown and the Suicide of Democracy 1989-2000 by Peter Jay and Michael Stewart
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There’s always shopping to be done · 9 July 1987
- The Age of Terrorism by Walter Laqueur
- The Baader-Meinhof Group: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon by Stefan Aust, translated by Anthea Bell
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Subversions · 4 June 1987
- Traitors: The Labyrinths of Treason by Chapman Pincher
- The Secrets of the Service: British Intelligence and Communist Subversion 1939-51 by Anthony Glees
- Freedom of Information – Freedom of the Individual? by Clive Ponting, John Ranelagh, Michael Zander and Simon Lee, edited by Julia Neuberger
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Their Affair and Our Affair · 23 April 1987
- The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus by Jean-Denis Bredin, translated by Jeffrey Mehlman
- Neither Right nor Left: Fascist Ideology in France by Zeev Sternhell, translated by David Maisel
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Why Barbie may never be tried · 5 March 1987
- The People’s Anger: Justice and Revenge in Post-Liberation France by Herbert Lottman
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Rising Moon · 18 December 1986
- L’Empire Moon by Jean-Francois Boyer
- The Rise and Fall of the Bulgarian Connection by Edward Herman and Frank Brodhead
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Secondary Targeting · 23 October 1986
- ‘The target is destroyed’: What really happened to Flight 007 by Seymour Hersh
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Le Grand Jacques · 9 October 1986
- Jacques Doriot: Du Communisme au Fascisme by Jean-Paul Brunet
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Apartheid’s Apocalypse · 3 July 1986
- South Africa without Apartheid by Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley
- Move your shadow: South Africa Black and White by Joseph Lelyveld
- Capitalism and Apartheid: South Africa 1910-1984 by Merle Lipton
- The Militarisation of South African Politics by Kenneth Grundy
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Reasons of State · 5 June 1986
- The ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Affair by Richard Shears and Isobelle Gidley
- Sink the ‘Rainbow’: An Inquiry into the Greenpeace Affair by John Dyson
- La Piscine: Les Services Secrets Français 1944-1984 by R. Faligot and P. Krop
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Diary · 8 May 1986
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Proportional Representation casts a shadow over France · 23 January 1986
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Seven Days · 4 July 1985
- The Pick of Paul Johnson: An Anthology
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Mendès · 20 June 1985
- Pierre Mendès France by Jean Lacouture, translated by George Holoch
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Making things happen · 6 September 1984
- The Missing Dimension: Governments and Intelligence Communities in the 20th Century edited by Christopher Andrew and David Dilks
Letters
19 November 2009, 18 December 2008, 20 September 2007, 16 December 2004, 4 November 2004, 9 August 2001, 22 February 2001, 8 February 2001, 4 January 2001, 1 June 2000, 11 November 1999, 30 September 1999, 9 May 1996, 16 November 1995, 9 February 1995, 8 September 1994, 23 September 1993, 23 July 1992, 19 December 1991, 22 March 1990, 30 March 1989, 17 March 1988, 4 February 1988, 12 November 1987, 9 July 1987, 23 April 1987, 18 December 1986, 4 September 1986, 17 April 1986, 6 March 1986, 21 May 1981
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