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Old 08-01-2008, 01:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Charles Whiting was more a 'popularist' historian than an academic. His books rarely quote original sources, and I have found errors in several of them. However, he does tell a good story, and he was a WW2 vet himself. And his books must have been read by thousands.
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