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"Memoir" is just another word for "ego trip" in my experience. It's always amazed me to read memoirs of people that witnessed the same event and see how much they distort it. RB, perhaps you've read Witte's memoir and compared it to Nicholas' letters. The only two guys in the room agrandized themselves at each other's expense. Reed vs. Trotsky for the October Revolution as well.
I generally read them to find the interesting minor details of events.
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