Aidan mcquade biography of mahatma gandhi
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Kim Philby
It is an elegantly written narrative, generally compelling, filled with anecdote (not least on some of Pope John XXIII’s resistance activities), and at times chilling, particularly regarding Philby’s betrayals to the KGB, including of German anti-Nazi resistance and of agents that he was personally running. Almost without exception these people were liquidated.
The psychology that could enable a person to commit such casual bloodshed is examined through the frame of Philby’s friendships with, and (less lethal) betrayals of Elliot, Angelton and his wives, all of whom fell for his charm, but never knew the real man.
I found Elliot, Philby’s friend, defender, and ultimately his accuser, though charming, not much more sympathetic than Philby. While loyal to his country and service his complacent class-ridden arrogance was a central feature in his presumption that his close friend Philby must be above suspicion merely because of his class and upbringing. MacIntyre’s research and a brief afterword by John le Carre, who met Elliot on a number of occasions, suggests that, while not treacherous, Elliot’s role in the final unmasking of Philby may not have been quite as honourable as he always maintained.
Overall the book is an entertaining excursion into a slice of Cold War history and a reminder of the perils of unquestioningly accepting the crass arrogance and privilege of the ruling classes.
Let me start first with a concept, and let me apologise if for some of this is, as we would say in Ireland, stating the bleeding obvious.
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Poverty, Development and the Elimination of Slavery
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by DigitalCommons@ILR A discussion paper on Poverty,Development and the Elimination of Slavery Mike Kaye and Aidan McQuade Anti Slavery International October 2007 Introduction Development and slavery have always been closely linked. The economies of Britain and other European slave trading nations were built on the profits of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, as was the wealth of cities like Liverpool, Bristol and London from which slave ships docked and sailed. Conversely the countries and communities from which people were enslaved have generally been negatively affected by the slave trade in terms of relative poverty and under development. For example the divide of the Angolan civil war can be traced back to the fault lines exacerbated by the Transatlantic Slave Trade. As in the past, contemporary slavery arises at the conjunction of vulnerability and prejudice. Specifically this means that for people to be enslaved they are both dehumanised by the slaver and in a position of relative weakness to that of the person enslaving them. Most commonly people are vulnerable because of their material poverty, though in some instance, such as forced recruitment of children in war, vulnerability may be to threat of physical violence. Prejudice may occur on any basis including caste, race, religion, gender and age, but not limited to these categories as discrimination can occur on any spurious basis. Prejudice against migrant workers is common across the world today. Anti-Slavery International’s experience of working to combat contemporary forms of slavery clearly shows that, in the 21st century, the majority of individuals around the world who are subjected to slavery practices are generally from the most impoverished and socially excluded sections of society in their respective countries. Slavery can be a factor within poor communit
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