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The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World by Joel Krieger (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195117394
Publication Date: 2001-08-02
The Oxford Companion to World War II by I. C. B. Dear (Editor); M. R. D. Foot (Editor)
ISBN: 9780198604464
Publication Date: 2002-01-24
Reference book containing entries on Nazi Germany, Mao's Communist China

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