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Vaclav Havel Was Torn Between Socialism and Freedom

Since former Czech President Václav Havel's death, the American right has claimed him as their own, but Geoffrey Robertson remembers a man always trying to balance socialism and freedom.

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Geoffrey Robertson
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Geoffrey Robertson

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