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Feudal Society

by marc bloch

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On War
by Carl von Clausewitz

The Histories
by Herodotus

Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler

Ordinary Men
by Christopher Browning

The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam

The Interesting Narrative
by Olaudah Equiano