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A Dean And Stalin

Soviet Success. By the Dean of Canterbury. (Hutchinson. 10s. 6d.) WHY is it that so many books about the Soviet Union fight shy of giving us a balance sheet, and table a......

Books Of The Day

Delayed Action To the Bitter End. By H. B. Gisevius. (Cape. 18s.) The von Hassell Diaries, 1938-1944. (Hamish Hamilton. 15s.) THE conditions of life in a terrorist State are......