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It does catch me up short when people who I consider well-educated show both a lack of knowledge of and a concern for history.

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[kenjari.livejournal.com]

Ian McEwan's wrenching but beautiful novel Atonement has a section that takes place during the Dunkirk evacuation. It's one of my favorite parts of the book.

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia told me that in the process of writing these comments, yes! Now I want to read it. I read Blackout last weekend and that got me all excited about Dunkirk.