Word: totalitarian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are solipistic worlds of totalitarian horror, as in the recently republished Bend Sinister. And the best thing is that there are still other creations to come: a novel in progress, a projected "history of butterflies in pictorial representation," another volume of autobiography--from a source that has proved so reliable...
Despite all this, Chileans, if they had the choice, would probably reluctantly vote for the junta as the lesser of evils. Though the junta is hardly popular, it does have the country running again. Chileans chafe under its totalitarian restrictions, but they also remember the chaos and strife of Allende's regime. For the moment Chile's citizens appear content to get back to work and the rhythms of an orderly society. But with their long democratic tradition, they are not likely to tolerate junta rule indefinitely...
Come Nineveh, Come Tyre is the fifth and penultimate novel in what the author calls the Advise and Consent series. Escalation has continued. Nothing less than the destruction of the American republic, and its transformation into a totalitarian dictatorship, is this book's story. It includes the assassination of a presidential candidate, the suicides of a President and a Vice President, and an incipient bloodless takeover of the U.S. by Russia. Drury's political principles have hardened into sclerotic pieties. Few would argue that the Soviet Union could never be tempted into acting out her ancient ambitions...
Nations which do not know how to get to the roots must settle for the branches. Thus, in nations that our textbooks call totalitarian, strict controls obtain concerning press and TV, intellectual discussion and public debate. These societies are like bad gardeners who spend whole days out in the hot sun pruning bushes, doing their best to cut down hopeless growths of undesired ideologies, because they do not yet have skillful means for poisoning the soil...
...blunt tactics seem to be an attempt to fool the world and the U.S. in particular into thinking that Papadopoulos is restoring democracy in Greece and that he has the Greek people behind him. He relies on our ignorance and apathy for the continued support of America in his totalitarian endeavors. Without our help it is very questionable whether Mr. Papadopoulos and his ideas would control the Greek people. Tim Bilodeau...