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Roosevelt, Truman and The Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
by Michael Beschloss
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by Jennet Conant
Published Sep 2009
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by Frederick Taylor
Published May 2008
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by Simon Berthon, Joanna Potts
Published Apr 2007
Read ReviewsA fascinating "you-are-there" look at World War II through the lives of Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, told on a day-by-day, even hour-by-hour basis, affording unparalleled insights into parallel actions.
by Margaret MacMillan
Published Sep 2003
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by Hampton Sides
Published May 2002
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by Stephen Ambrose
Published Sep 1999
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by Stephen Ambrose
Published Aug 1999
Read ReviewsOnce again, Stephen E. Ambrose shows that free men fight better than slaves, that the sons of democracy proved to be better soldiers than the sons of Nazi Germany.
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