And the west, encumbered by crippling alliances, and hardened with a morality too rigid to accommodate itself to the swing of events, must ..... eventually ..... fall.
Edward AlbeeAbout author
- Author's profession: Playwright
- Nationality: american
- Born: March 12, 1928
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