Asia

"Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.' "

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America in the 1970s
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Ancient World: The Chinese
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by Pamela Odijk
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Boy and the Samurai
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By the Bridge of a Thousand Ages
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Colonial Wars Source Book
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Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
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Fifth Chinese Daughter
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Inside Out & Back Again
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Never Dies the Dream
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What it is Like to Go to War
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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
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