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message 1: by Jessa (new)

Jessa I really love this list.


message 2: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Do people understand what and when WW2 was? A lot of books on the list had nothing to do with WW2. I removed all or at least most of them.


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Persian Fire has nothing to do with WW2. It's about the Greco-Persian wars of the 5th century B.C.


message 4: by Bettie (new)

Bettie and the Montefiore Young Stalin should really be the next book Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

'Collapse' should not be here


message 5: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Hmm. I would love to remove books that don't fit - e.g., Persian Fire and Young Stalin... I'm not seeing a tool set that allows me to edit the list.

As the list "founder" do I have any such privileges? Thanks for any info, and my thanks for taking the time to find additions that aren't WW2-specific.


message 6: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Aug 17, 2014 09:03PM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads You need to be a Librarian, Jennifer.

Though they really should let list starters edit lists.

ETA: What would you like me to remove?


message 7: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer I'm not familiar with all of the suggestions on the list, but Persian Fire especially leaps out as being in the wrong place :-). Thanks for the explanation!


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Got Persian Fire; if there's anything else you see that's wrong, just tell me.


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