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The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson
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Almost a Miracle by John Ferling
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Images from How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb
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The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II by Andrew Nagorski
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Notes From Italy: Looking Back at Mussolini
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Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Dang Thuy Tram
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The Bloodiest Day: December 6, 1967
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The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West by Niall Ferguson
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Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman by Walter Brian Cisco
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