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jacques_chester on Jan 2, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: A world without power

The problem with being truly neutral is that while you are a bastion against tyranny, you are also the refuge of scoundrels.

jacquesm on Jan 2, 2013 [–]

It wasn't quite that simple. Very interesting but very long reading:

http://www.uek.ch/en/schlussbericht/synthesis/ueke.pdf

Almost 600 pages but if you have a spare bit of time and really interested you could do a lot worse than looking at this, it is one of the most candid introspective pieces about world war II.

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