- Iron
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But the Soviet case is different, because you had systematic murder, like the Holocaust.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking off trade with Amin three months before his overthrow.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but telex was very rare in Africa. So if somebody was flying to Europe, we gave him correspondence to send after he arrived.
- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel.
- Independence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll tell you what colonial experience is.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between Russian citizens and their state is complicated.
- British
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a lot of Italians, because there were a lot of Italian communities there. And of course there were a lot of Russians.
- Reading
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- Nov 07, 2020
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.
- Cold War
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- Nov 07, 2020
People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of the Cold War.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world.
- Darkest
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand that the current ruling elite is actually the old ruling elite. So they are incapable of a self-critical approach to the past.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that, we were involved in a game with the censors. That was our struggle.
- Arms
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- Nov 07, 2020