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Victoria Schofield

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Victoria Schofield is a British scholar who has written extensively about Jammu and Kashmir, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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what has made the government so insecure that it must now ban books

What Has Made the Government so Insecure That It Must Now Ban Books?

Numerous governments have, at some time in their history, banned certain books. But they have inevitably found that the ban backfires, the books go underground and there is an even greater thirst for uncensored knowledge.