[Marxism] Roosevelt vs. Churchill

[Paddy Apling]

On the specific point raised by Haines I thinl Nestor is historically wrong.

In my experience (and I was in the Army, mostly in Italy, 1944-1947 there 
was nothing by admiration for the Soviet Union in Britain until several 
years after the war.  The situation referred to by Nestor, it seems to me 
gradually developed in the period 1948-56, though it was clear to me (from 
statements made by some of the lecturers at Sandhurst where I had my officer 
training) was already in 1944 that the Soviet Union would become the main 
enemy as soon as Hitler was finished !!

Paddy
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Haines Brown" <brownh at hartford-hwp.com>
To: <e.c.apling at btinternet.com>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] Roosevelt vs. Churchill


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> In my social milieu, a typical scenario was the USSR was appealing
> until 1957 and other post-war developments, including anti-Soviet
> hysteria in the press after the war, which I suspect did have some
> effect. I don't see that the Hitler-Stalin pact was taken too
> seriously until after the War.
>
> If it is true that the USSR was unsavory in the eyes of most workers
> before the end of WWII, I'd like to see it given some justification.