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    “this text should rightly become the standard undergraduate volume for any course studying World War II.”

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    “Command Culture is a significant work, providing an important new perspective on the ‘performance controversy.’ Anyone with an interest in that controversy will benefit from readi

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    “William Speir’s skills as a storyteller are growing exponentially with each new book. Once again I heartily recommend this to pulp fans looking for a new twist on action-adventure prose.

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    Editor of New Left Review, London-based Ali criticizes Barack Obama’s obedience to the same corporate and military powers that controlled previous American administrations.

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    Guatemala, a small post-colonial state that is not so post.

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    “If people read An Impossible Dream: Reagan, Gorbachev, and a World Without the Bomb and gather its deeper lessons, perhaps the race to Armageddon can be slowed if not stopped and

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    “let’s also turn back to myth, reframing our scientific narrative within the history of the stories we tell ourselves about what we’re still trying to understand.”

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    “A beautiful sentence stops you cold. You savor it not only for what it says but also for the way it is written.

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    Americans should pay close attention to Malcolm Nance.

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    “Throughout these tumultuous decades, artists have sought to express themselves in harrowing circumstances. John J.

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    “As war rages in Eastern Europe and war clouds gather in the western Pacific, The New Makers of Modern Strategy is especially timely and relevant to today’s world.”

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    “for anyone who understands the concept that ‘it takes a village to raise a child,’ will understand the concept ‘it takes an Auschwitz to understand a nation.’”

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    “In its crisp brevity, End of the Good Life should be read by the under- and unemployed millions of Millennials.”

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    Jim al-Khalili holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Surrey and is the chair of the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey.

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    Wizards, Aliens, and Starships is a great book by itself or as a starting point for exploring the physics of space exploration as well as the classics in science fiction.”

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    I first met Czeslaw Milosz’s work as an undergraduate, majoring in history with an emphasis on Russia and Eastern Europe.

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    “Snyder’s book graphically, relentlessly details the horrific murders committed by the Nazi and Soviet regimes in the vast geographic region between Germany and Russia.”

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    Of all the human gifts this reviewer most envies, the ability to fluently translate languages has always been uppermost.

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