You are right, and Kronstadt was the turning point." (pp. 459-460)
Witness (1952)
“I am a fascist and will die a fascist.”
[Licio Gelli, financier - obituary, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12054716/Licio-Gelli-financier-obituary.html, 16 August 2018, The Daily Telegraph, December 16, 2015]
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