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Wellington Koo: China
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Jonathan Clements
Gu Weijun, a.k.a. Wellington Koo was China’s first representative to the League of Nations, and ended up as acting president of Republican China during the unrest of the period 1926-27...
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2010-05-27
9781905791699
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History, Makers of the Modern World
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Prince Saionji: Japan
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Jonathan Clements
The Japanese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference did not have the Japanese prime or foreign ministers with them as they had only just been elected and had plenty to do back home. The delegation was instead led by Prince Saionji, the dashing ‘kingmaker’ of early 20th-century Japanese politics ...
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2010-05-27
9781905791682
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History, Makers of the Modern World
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Vittorio Orlando: Italy
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Spencer Di Scala
The war was a near-disaster for the Italians, culminating in the collapse of their armies at Caporetto in 1917. It was this crisis that brought Orlando to power, and he did much to restore the situation, but the Italians looked to Versailles to compensate them for the terrible losses they had suffered.
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2010-04-01
9781905791798
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History, Makers of the Modern World, New Titles
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Pašić & Trumbić: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Dejan Djokic
To be published March 2010, the book will provide the first parallel biographies of two key Yugoslav politicians of the early 20th century: Nikola Pašic, a Serb, and Ante Trumbic, a Croat. It will also offer a brief history of the creation of Yugoslavia
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2010-03-01
9781905791781
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History, Makers of the Modern World, New Titles
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Maharajah of Bikaner: India
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Hugh Purcell
Ganga Singh was the 21st maharaja of his desert kingdom in Rajasthan and one of the last Indian princes to play an important part in the politics of the British Empire. Dashing, autocratic and a formidable public speaker, he was born to rule.
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2010-02-01
9781905791804
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History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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