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Doubletalk: The Language Of Communism

What Orwell predicted for 1984 has already come to pass in the sense that the Communist use of language can no longer be rightly interpreted without a dictionary. The events of the past few years have convinced even political innocents that words like Peace and Democracy have very different meanings when used by Communists. ‘Peaceful Co-Existence’ is a current example of a phrase which it would be dangerous to take at its face value — both East and West have their own interpretation. To the Communists, words are weapons; this brief encyclopædia is a guide to their armoury. It gives authoritative interpretations of the Communist idiom, with historical background and with some humour. As such, it should be a useful work of reference for libraries, speakers, writers, broadcasters, and the newspaper reader. To those involved in any way in the verbal cold war it brings welcome aid.

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