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Digital Archives | Nov 20, 1994 | 31:20

Writers & Company: M.G. Vassanji's Book of Secrets; John Keegan's books of war

On this week's Writers and Company: award-winning novelist M.G. Vassanji and war historian John Keegan. This clip was edited for copyright reasons.

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