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A History Of The Soviet Union By Geoffrey Hosking

Getting round the regime Bohdan Nahaylo A HISTORY OF THE SOVIET UNION by Geoffrey Hosking Collins!Fontana, f 10.95, £3.95 In the last few years three of this country's pioneers......

The Thatcher Phenomenon By Hugo Young And Anne Sloman

Deep down, is she shallow? Andrew Gimson THE THATCHER PHENOMENON by Hugo Young and Anne Sloman BBC, £3.95 he has few hidden depths and, Ine suspects, nothing much of a secret......