During World War II, Albert Camus and the “Combat” newspaper he edited, which spoke for the French resistance, were among the hardliners calling for a “purge,” that is, handing those who collaborated with the Nazi occupation the most severe sentences possible. On the other end of the spectrum was Francois Mauriac, a devout Catholic novelist and European conservative, who had sided with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s.
As I sat down for the Sydney Writers’ Festival Great Adaptations panel, I heard from writers from all walks of the world — Australia, New Zealand, and England/
As early as 1950, Ronald Reagan was committed to ending the ColdWar and liberating the captive nations. In 1980, there were 56democracies; by 1994, there were 114. With confidence and a can-doattitude, Ronald Reagan had set out to right the evil of SovietCommunism, and the Cold War ended in victory, with not a missilefired.
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