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October 25, 2015

Tim Bouverie Reviews Ian Kershaw's "To Hell and Back"

Tim Bouverie reviews Ian Kershaw's To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949.

Posted at 11:04 PM in Books, Europe, History | Permalink

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