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- ↑ Rosenberg, Tina (1995). The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism. Random House. ISBN 0-679-42215-3.
- ↑ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Nonfiction". pulitzer.org. Archived from the original (web) on 2007-11-04. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ↑ "National Book Awards – 1995". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-20. (With acceptance speech.)
