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Publication date 1969 topics world war, 19391945 publisher new york, pantheon books. One puzzle is, therefore, what makes nations fight, and more importantlywhat causes them eventually to win or to. Calder doesnot claim that thingscouldhavebeendecisively better,but he does showthatin a great numberof smallwaysthe machine of totalwar wassimplytoobigfor people to. Biohazard ebook by ken alibek 9781407010724 booktopia. Angus calder has 41 books on goodreads with 3435 ratings.

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