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Please, Mr. President, we cannot have another war where our men and women's blood runs in the desert sands.
Russia seems to be moving farther and farther away from its Soviet legacy.
Stalin killed so many messengers that he soon began to hear only of great successes and marvelous victories.
Memoir of Polish deportation to Soviet labor camps during World War II recalls often overlooked history.
“Then this is the story of how the four Masters and Commanders of the Western Allies fought each other over how best to fight Adolf Hitler.” — from the introduction
Historian's skills and experience are suffused through a novel dealing with three tumultuous periods in Russian history.
Fascinating inside account of a boy growing up in Germany during World War Two.
John Banville uses fiction to examine a spy's motive and behaviour. Privilege and influence, both assumed, provide the mean.