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The Universe Of Pow Er

RE-ASSESSMENT By TONY TANNER 7"r he Education of Henry Adams is an un- popular classic—respected but little read. And yet it seems to me one of the great auto- biographies; one......

Lost Victories

SOLDIERS have learned to expect that history takes a harsh view of their lost opportunities. And in his The Struggle for Crete (O.U.P., 70s.), I. McD. G. Stewart, who served as......