
Despatches on dictators: US reporters in 1930s Europe
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Are They Uniquely Placed?
Most of them have been on the staff of local news and corrupt american cities like new yark and chicago. So they bring to their reporting a a reverence and an ability to see a blow hard and a strong man for what he is. They also share t this is a kind of midwestern habit of mind, which is they take against european imperialism. That places them to see quite clearly what's happening in india, or in the rif where french and spanish forces are subduing a rebellion by the riffy peoples in north africa. A, so it's, it's that anti imperialism. It's the irreverence. It’s the
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