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‘Like Churchill, Obama is not in awe of the overrated expertise of generals’
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November 2009
I hadn't realised why the Malayan Emergency was called that until reading War of the Running Dogs by Noel Barber. Apparently by avoiding the term 'war' the authorities ensured that insurance claims would not be nullified as the small pri
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