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20th Century lives that affected the world
A Listmania! list by Mark Meynell "quaesitor" (London, UK)

1. Churchill: A Biography by Roy Jenkins

The list author says:
	"a wonderful biography by someone who held all but one of the same public offices"

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2. An Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek

The list author says:
	"beautifully written and balanced - an extraordinary life with warts, painkillers and all - and would he have won reelection had he not been assassinated??"

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3. Clinton: The President They Deserve by Martin Walker

The list author says:
	"provocative title but interesting book - written soon after his 2nd term began so the Lewinski stuff was only just brewing"

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4. In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo by Michela Wrong

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	"a study of Mobutu and his kleptocratic Zaire/Congo"

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5. The Prime Minister: The Office And Its Holders Since 1945: The Job and Its Holders Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy

The list author says:
	"all British Prime Ministers since Attlee - who's the best?"

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6. Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate by Bob Woodward

The list author says:
	"a survey of the impact of Watergate on 5 presidents by the reknowned journalist who uncovered it all"

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7. American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush: How the Bush Clan Became the World's Most Powerful and Dangerous Family by Kevin Phillips

The list author says:
	"hard to know what's fact and what's fiction - but if even half of this stuff is true of the Bush family, then there are many things to be concerned about"

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8. Talk Of The Devil by Riccardo Orizio

The list author says:
	"dictators - they all got away with it for so long - the combination of the age-old lust for power and the unique 20th C advances in technology and warfare made for some terrifying results"

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9. Hitler and Stalin: Parallel lives by Alan Bullock

The list author says:
	"who was worse? the greatest tragedy of the 20th C was that one of these two men had to win the Second World War - a brilliant book"

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10. The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy by Martin Gilbert

The list author says:
	"not a life as such but it affects us all - inevitably heavy but a more detailed analysis you could not find:how David Irving et al think they can get away with denying it, beats me - incredible book"