H A Pollock (1888–1971)

The dictionary, which includes much more than brilliant word definitions, is an reflection of certain British attitudes in the mid-1930’s. Cecil John Rhodes who “from first to last did more than any other man to bring about a united South Africa”. Nietzsche “by his teachings was largely responsible for the war-lust that grew up in Germany. He scorned both humanitarianism and morality.” Stalin “Russian statesman…introduced the famous Five Year Plan, 1929”