My best books on major events in the 20th C.

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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
1.  A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan
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  "Everything you wanted to know about 'nam - brilliantly written and completely enthralling."
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Private Life Of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician
2.  Private Life Of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician by Zhisui Li
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  "Chairman Mao, warts and all."
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Alistair Cooke's America
3.  Alistair Cooke's America by Alistair Cooke
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  "Not exactly modern history but the best history of the US of A"
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Stalingrad
4.  Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
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  "The Turning point of WW2, Russian do the do...."
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Das Boot (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
5.  Das Boot (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Lothar Gunther Buchheim
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  "Yes, a novel, but what a novel, should be a history book!"
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
6.  Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson
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  "The most famous revolutionary, reads like a novel"
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Chickenhawk
7.  Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
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  "The best personal perspective of 'nam, I may be biased as I like helicopters though!"
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Eastern Approaches
8.  Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy Hew Maclean
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  "Pre, during and Post WW2 adventurer - model for James Bond"
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Truman
9.  Truman by David McCullough
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  "My favorite biography - about one the best, though mostly forgotten, president."
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Gallipoli
10.  Gallipoli by L A Carlyon
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  "An excellent accout of mis-directed, misled warfare. Horrible."
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