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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
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Before reading this book, please read academic reviews. Below is Adam Kirsch's review from the NY Sun. Even a cursory knowledge of history makes Mr. Baker's assertion that China was the aggressor in the Sino-Japanese War absurd. Furthermore his determination to use Nazi propaganda to support his theses should give the discerning reader pause. Mr. Kirsc... »
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
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Amazon Significant Seven, September 2007: On the heels of Alan Weisman's The World Without Us I picked up Diane Ackerman's The Zookeepers Wife. Both books take you to Poland's forest primeval, the Bialowieza, and paint a richly textured portrait of a natural world that few of us would recognize. The similarities end there, ho... »
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
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David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book for the Vietnam War. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his unrivalled research and formidable journalistic skills to shed light on another dark corner in our history: the Korean War. The Coldest Winter is a successor to The Best a... »
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Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends
I heartily concur with all the other posts saying this is a terrific book! I've read about 60 WWII books, including many personal memoirs. This is the o... »
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