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University of Toronto; author of “Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945”
Interim Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; author of “Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945.”
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Randall Hansen
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FROM Randall Hansen
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Another book called 'Fire and Fury' becomes a hit, thanks to Michael Wolff Randall Hansen teaches at the University of Toronto. (C ourtesy of Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto) A few years ago, University of Toronto professor Randall Hansen published a book titled “Fire and Fury” about the Allied bombing campaign against Hitler's Germany. Readers are apparently buying it now, thinking they’re getting Michael Wolff's tell-all about Trump.
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Good Food
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