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The Second World War as a Problem in Historical Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2011

Hans-Adolf Jacobsen
Hans-Adolf Jacobsen
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University of Bonn
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World Politics , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , July 1964 , pp. 620 - 641
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Copyright © Trustees of Princeton University 1964

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