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Originally Posted by Lady Stardust
Anne Applebaum won a Pulitzer for her previous book Gulag: A History. I haven't read Iron Curtain but it has excellent reviews and is on my TBR list.
Logevall's Embers of War won Pulitzer for 2013. I've read it and its exquisite history book. Amazingly well researched and very interestingly written. There is also very interesting personality of General Giap whose tactic is explained in a section of the book and who has just passed away in October - he was 103 year old.
All in all, I cannot recommend Embers of War highly enough. It's one of the best nonfiction books I have read in a while.
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Thanks for your recommendation. I've started
Embers of War. Very readable, and makes you think about how different the post-WW2 world might have been if FDR had lived another year.