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- ↑ "About Sewanee," "Previous Vice-Chancellors" Accessed Dec 18, 2015
- ↑ See John W. Langdon, "Emerging from Fischer's Shadow: recent examinations of the crisis of July 1914." History Teacher 20.1 (1986): 63-86.
- ↑ WorldCat book record
- ↑ "George Louis Beer Prize Recipients". American Historical Association . Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ WorldCat author record
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