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1) Infamy: Pearl Harbor and its aftermath

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Investigates the military, political, and historical ramifications of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, examining the unpreparedness of the United States, the cover-up following the disaster, and other important aspects of the attack and its effects.

2) The last 100 days

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Toland, John

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Basing his report on hundreds of interviews with eyewitnesses from 21 countries and on several thousand primary sources, the author relates the military and diplomatic strategy that defeated Nazism and Fascism at the close of World War II. Within the 100 days Rossevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler died. Mr Toland describes them as well as such military leaders as Patton, Montgomery, and Heinrici.

3) The great dirigibles: their triumphs and disasters

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Toland, John

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Recounts the eighty-year history of dirigibles, from the American airships the Shenandoah, the Macon, and the Akron, to the German Hindenburg, and includes the disasters and triumphs of builders and aeronauts such as Dr. Solomon Andrews, the Brazilian Santos-Dumont, Count Ferdinand Zeppelin, the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, and the Italian Nobile.

4) The Dillinger days

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Toland, John

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Also includes material on "Baby Face Nelson. Ma Barker and her boys. Machine Gun Kelly. Bonnie and Clyde. Pretty Boy Floyd."

5) Adolf Hitler

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Toland, John

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This comprehensive biography of Adolf Hitler is based in part on more than one hundred and fifty interviews with people directly involved in his life.