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    The Enigma of Russia

    May 02, 2022 3 minutes
    Review by W. Mark Hamilton

    This timely and compelling book by former British foreign secretary David Owen (now Lord Owen) looks at 200 years of British-Russian political relations. Rather than being a straight history, Owen states that the book “captures a series of personal views on a relationship that has been deteriorating in recent years.” One of the most prominent figures in this dynamic relationship was Winston Churchill, and Owen draws his title from Churchill’s famous description of Russia in October 1939 as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery

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