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A Useful, Unabashed Witness

Richard Lamb HOW WE SQUANDERED THE REICH by Reinhard Spitzy, translated by Geoffrey Waddington Michael Russell, £19.95, pp. 392 M any readers will be shocked and resentful......

Democracy Without Elections

Nigel Ryan PERSONA GRANADA by Denis Forman Andre Deutsch, £17.99, pp. 333 W hen Sidney Bernstein was nearing 90 the staff at Granada's London head- quarters would greet him,......