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WW2: Many Perspectives
"World War Two was to the Twentieth Century what the Big Bang was to the Universe." Discuss. :-)
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The Untouchable
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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
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What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
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The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire
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All the Countries: And the Few We Never Got Round To
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The Balkan Trilogy
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The Third Reich at War (The History of the Third Reich, #3)
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The Night I Danced with Rommel
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
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Nov 20, 2012 10:25AM

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'Collapse' should not be here

As the list "founder" do I have any such privileges? Thanks for any info, and my thanks for taking the time to find additions that aren't WW2-specific.

Though they really should let list starters edit lists.
ETA: What would you like me to remove?

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