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Old 4th May 2017, 07:35 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Bob A
Wonderful display and collection.

For those who may be interested, the first edition of Churchill's book on the subject, The River War, was severely edited to remove comments Churchill thought would be politically damaging, and was never reprinted in totality. Copies of the first edition are rather pricey, usually running to four figures.

However, it is available online for those who can tolerate the idea of reading a few thousand pages on thier computer screens. Here's a link:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4943/4943-h/4943-h.htm

Interesting !
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