Eisenhower and the German POWs facts against falsehood

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Includes index

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Bibl.:p.245-249

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Papers presented at a symposium held Nov. 1990 at the Eisenhower Center, University of New Orleans

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Includes essay by Thomas M. Barker, "A British variety of pseudohistory" dealing with litigation arising from the subject of forced repatriation of Russians at the end of the Second World War

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: BISCHOF, GUNTER (Author)
AMBROSE, STEPHEN E. (Author)
EISENHOWER CENTER STUDIES ON WAR AND PEACE (Author)
Louisiana State University Press (Publisher)
Production date: 1993
Place made: Louisiana
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 24cm., Pagination: xvii, 258p. ill.
Catalogue number: LBY 93 / 1113

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