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The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
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I can strongly recommend this book as a good read since it brings to life a little known and exciting episode during WW2. The reader should be aware that this book is not an historical record but more of an historical drama. Without detracting too much from the story, there are some surprising inaccuracies, many of which have been highlighted by othe... »
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Penguin Classics)
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Part travelogue, part history, part love letter on a thousand-page scale, Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is a genre-bending masterwork written in elegant prose. But what makes it so unlikely to be confused with any other book of history, politics, or culture--with, in fact, any other book--is its unashamed depth of feeling: think T... »
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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
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Sheesh...this is the product of a child, not the work of a Pulitzer prize winning journalist. It is an excellent diary, an excellent primary source and an excellent text for a better understanding of the Yugoslav wars. Yes...it does only tell one point of view - hers - it is her diary! Some readers are offended because of the comparison to Anne Fran... »
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The Serbs (The Peoples of Europe)
The Serbs have been the victims of terribe crimes for the last 600 years. An independent Slavic people they were brought under Ottoman colonialism after ... »
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Kosovo: War and Revenge
Tim Judah lived in Belgrade from 1990 to 1995, reporting for the London Times and the New York Review of Books; and when the "ethnic cleansi... »
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