@HeerJeet Conventional history sees reversal in US right's prewar isolationism to postwar interventionism. I wonder.
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@HeerJeet Perhaps, as with economics, consistent thread of US right is not view of government's role but rather values being protected.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Or anyway I need to read any that have been written. Any recommendations?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@LostInTheMovies Hitchens wrote some good essays on this back in his lefty days. It's in one of his 1990s collections. Will track down.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Recently listened to interview with Hitchens and Robert Service on Trotsky. Hitchens had a humorous (if somewhat unfair) zinger.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Service complained that he hadn't gotten any insight into what makes a Trotskyist and said he could explain what made him a Tory.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet In response, Hitchens sniped that he already knew exactly what made people Tories & it's not interesting enough to fill an hour.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@LostInTheMovies See here for reference to Hitchen's piece: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/9501207652/chamberlain-collusion-not-appeasement …
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