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The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of dday, stalingrad, and the battle of arnhem reconstructs the battle of the bulge in this riveting new account on december 16, 1944, hitler launched his last gamble in the snowcovered forests and gorges of the ardennes in belgium, believing he could split the allies by driving all the way to antwerp and forcing the canadians and the. This article is an analysis of the work of the french intellectual georges bataille 18971962 and its implications for interrogating the limits of therapy. Georges bataille is basically a thinker who is obsessed with the nature of violence, sex, and rituals. Edition kickstarter like for supporting the histwar team histwar. The stalingrad trilogy, volume 3 modern war studies hardcover by david m. It was named after the battle of stalingrad, one of the major battles of world war ii.
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