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288 pages, Paperback
First published April 25, 1938
鈥淎ll the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.鈥�
兀賳丕 卮賵賮鬲 丕賱賰賱丕賲 丿賴 賮賷賳 賯亘賱 賰丿賴 飦�
賵 丕賱賰賱賲丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 賷賲賱賰 丕賱睾乇賷亘 廿賱丕 兀賳 賷鬲毓賱賲賴丕 賴賷 賰賱賲丞 "賲丕賳賷丕賳丕" 兀賷 睾丿丕 賵 賲毓賳丕賴丕 丕賱丨乇賮賷 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱鬲丕賱賷. 賮廿賳 賰丕賳 亘丕賱賲爻鬲胤丕毓 .. 賷丐噩賱 毓賲賱 丕賱賷賵賲 廿賱賶 丕賱賲丕賳賷丕賳丕.
I have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few bad memories of Spaniards. I only twice remember even being seriously angry with a Spaniard, and on each occasion, when I look back, I believe I was in the wrong myself.
In case I have not said this somewhere earlier in the book I will say it now: beware of my partisanship, my mistakes of fact, and the distortion inevitably caused by my having seen only one corner of events. And beware of exactly the same things when you read any other book on this period of the Spanish war.
When you have had a glimpse of such a disaster as this鈥攁nd however it ends the Spanish war will turn out to have been an appalling disaster, quite apart from the slaughter and physical suffering鈥攖he result is not necessarily disillusionment and cynicism. Curiously enough the whole experience has left me with not less but more belief in the decency of human beings.
Another *FAQ* I wrote from back in the day in usenet for alt.books.george-orwell![]()