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Beneš, Masaryk: Czechoslovakia
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Peter Neville
To be published on 28th July 2010 - the 90th anniversary of the favourable Teschen award to the Czechs by the Allied Powers. Tomáš Masaryk was hard at work within a month of the outbreak of war lobbying in Paris and London for an independent Bohemia, still a major component of the Austrian Empire within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, which would incorporate the predominantly Slovak regions of northern Hungary.
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2010-07-28
9781905791675
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History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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William Massey: New Zealand
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by James Watson
The Great War profoundly affected both New Zealand and its Prime Minister William Massey (1856-1925). ‘Farmer Bill’ oversaw the despatch of a hundred thousand New Zealanders, including his own sons, to Middle Eastern and European battlefields.
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2010-07-15
9781905791835
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History, Politics, Makers of the Modern World, New Titles
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Sir Robert Borden: Canada
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Martin Thornton
This book is to be published on the 90th anniversary of Sir Robert Borden's resignation, having played a crucial role in transforming the British Empire into a partnership of equal states.
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2010-07-01
9781905791842
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History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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Kàrolyi & Bethlen: Hungary
Makers of the Modern World Series
by Bryan Cartledge
After the Trianon treaty, Hungary loses two-thirds of its territory and half its population -- “a punishment without historical precedent” according to Count Albert Apponyi
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2010-06-04
9781905791736
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History, Makers of the Modern World
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Ion Bratianu: Romania
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Keith Hitchin
To be published in June 2010 on the 90th anniversary of the Treaty of Trianon with Hungary, this biography brings back to memories Ion Bratianu, one of the lesser-known figures who attended the Peace Conferences, largely because after 1945 the Romanian Communist regime virtually wrote him out of the country’s history until its fall in 1989.
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2010-06-04
9781905791767
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History, Makers of the Modern World
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