Leninism was not only a heresy [from Marxism]; it was exactly the same heresy which created fascism.....Why did the normal recovery [from the start of the Great Depression] not take place?To find the answer we must probe beneath the conventional view of Herbert Hoover and his successor as president, Franklin Roosevelt. The received view is … Continue reading Quotations from Modern Times by Paul Johnson
Day: February 18, 2008
Two books and a half
I have them down as three new books over on my list, but it's really more like a two books and a half. There just aren't rules for this situation! I read Mike by PG Wodehouse, which I had read the latter half of previously. The book was originally written and published as a large … Continue reading Two books and a half