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September 1918: Confidence grows among war resisters
JOHN ELLISON charts the events at home and abroad that affected the British conduct of WWI
TREACHEROUS ATTACK: (Above) A British Mark V tank captured in Arkhangelsk from the North Russian Expeditionary Force
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ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
ON September 4 1918, the Lord Northcliffe-owned Times announced, as if surprised, the “astonishing and gratifying success” on the Western Front causing “the enemy” to be “retreating on practically the whole battle front between the Scarpe and Peronne.”
The boosting of allied military strength by a million US troops was the decisive factor, understated in the British press.
German forces had now retreated to positions they had occupied immediately before their March 21 offensive.
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