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Book Review: How the unthinkable almost happened
Jonathan Walker’s book is a chilling account of a secret British project to attack the Soviet Union in 1945, says TONY SIMPSON
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Operation Unthinkable: British Plans To Attack The Soviet Empire, 1945
by Jonathan Walker
(The History Press, £16.99)
AS THIS book recounts, after the Soviet Union’s enormous sacrifices as an ally in WWII, with up to 25 million deaths, hopes that mutual mistrust with the West would be reduced were dashed even before the conflict ended.
Its author Jonathan Walker describes why this happened in this astonishing inside story of Operation Unthinkable, Winston Churchill’s plan to deal a crushing blow to the USSR.
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