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Disaster By Choice, by Ilam Kelman
Read this one ahead of the first Geography Teacher Book Club chat on Twitter (Zoom, actually - fancy). Ilam Kelman himself was in...
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Destiny in the Desert, by Jonathon Dimbleby
North Africa obviously hugely important for both sides. British needed it to keep connections with their Empire. Italy saw it as their...