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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 324 EAN: 9780814750971 ISBN: 0814750974 Label: NYU Press Manufacturer: NYU Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 354 Publication Date: March 01, 1995 Publisher: NYU Press Release Date: March 01, 1995 Studio: NYU Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - The Bestthis book was very very good with a lot of informations and helpful. it helped me a lot on my research paper for my history class. at first, i had a really hard time trying to find informations about what ended the war and how it ended, but when i got to this, it gave me so much informations. which was a really good thing because i thought i wasn't gonna be able to find anything on how the war ended or what ended the war. 
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