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| Author | Quintin Hogg |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | June 1945 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
The Left Was Never Right was a book published in June 1945 by BritishConservative politicianQuintin Hogg which examined the speeches and policies of politicians from Britain'sLabour Party andLiberal Party concerningBritish re-armament before World War II and theappeasement ofNazi Germany. These were contrasted to quotes by Conservative politicians such asWinston Churchill and SirAusten Chamberlain supporting British re-armament and opposing the appeasement of Germany. The books dust-jacket quotedJesus' remark that "Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee" from theGospel of Luke.
Hogg stated that books published byVictor Gollancz were "morally wicked, unpatriotic and factually incorrect.The Left Was Never Right was an attempt to set the record straight and to establish that unpreparedness before the war was largely the consequence of the policies of the parties of the Left".[1] It was the only book published which specifically countered books published by Gollancz such asGuilty Men. In his memoirs, Hogg wrote that although the book was "a success ... it was too little too late to counteract the impression made by the earlier Gollancz publications".[2]
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