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Book Review:In The Battle for History: Re-fighting World War II (John Keegan) : MH

by HistoryNet Staff8/12/20018/10/2016

In The Battle for History: Re-fighting WorldWar II by John Keegan, Vintage Books, New […]

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Doughboy’s Diary, by Chester Baker, Burd Street Press, Shippensburg, Pa., 1998, $24.95. World War […]

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