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"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 and Vietnam
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America in the 1970s
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Great Wall
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History of US Book 10
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Inside Out & Back Again
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Red Scarf Girl
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Single Shard
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So Far From the Bamboo Grove
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Son of Heaven: Imperial Arts of China
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Spacious Dreams
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Stalin
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The Turning
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Through Time: Beijing
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Twilight Struggle
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Vietnam War
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by Mitch Yamasaki, ed.
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Vietnam War: A Graphic History
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Vietnam War: How the United States Became Involved
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What it is Like to Go to War
by Karl Marlantes
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When the Sea Turned to Silver
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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With the Allies to Pekin
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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
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1933 Newbery Medal winner
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