The War Commentaries
by George Orwell, & W. J West (ed.)
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0140098291
- ISBN 13
- 9780140098297
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Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1987. Later Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 261 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Edges browned slightly. Ill-health meant that Orwell's anti-fascist war effort was undertaken in the studios of the BBC. This volume, a companion to "The War Broadcasts", contains the lost texts of his commentaries transmitted between 1941 and 1943 when he was working for the Indian Section. Although he was openly opposed to the government's policy in India, he was none the less selected to devise an authoritative view of the war which would counter the broadcasts beamed out by the Nazi station, Radio Azad Hind. The result is a record of the propaganda war as Orwell fought it and a week-by-week picture of events, albeit inhibited by the censor. The commentaries also provide an insight into the genesis of many themes in Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; 1940s; History. ISBN: 0140098291. ISBN/EAN: 9780140098297. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49600. . 9780140098297
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- Dreadnought Books (GB)
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- 49600
- Title
- The War Commentaries
- Author
- George Orwell, & W. J West (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140098291
- ISBN 13
- 9780140098297
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- BZDB243 military, history, politics, World War 2, media, India, Britain Military & Warfare; 1940s; History. Unbranded ISBN: 0140098291 EAN: 9780140098297 George Orwell, & W. J West (ed.) The War Commentaries
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