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- Europe in Crisis: Intellectuals and the European Idea, 1917-1957, edited by Mark Hewitson, Matthew D'Auria, Berghahn Books, 2012, page 211. ISBN 9780857457288.
- Remembering the First World War, edited by Bart Ziino, Routledge, 2014, page 193. ISBN 9781317573715.
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