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Piip, Meierovics & Voldemaras: The Baltic States
by Charlotte Alston
Conflict on the borders of the Russian ‘Empire’, whatever the complexion of the government controlling it, has been a constant feature of the past 90 years, most recently with Russia’s brief war with Georgia in August 2008...
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2010-11-05
9781905791712
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World
History, Makers of the Modern World
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South East Asia
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Andrew Dalby
Although the one national delegation from the region (Siam) took a minor part, nationalist movements in several Southeast Asian countries reached an early climax – significant though inconclusive – in the years 1919-1920. The planned Peace Conference, Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and the victory of Communism in Russia, all contributed to this activity, and in spite of national differences it needs to be seen as a whole.
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2010-11-01
9781905791859
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World
History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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Afonso Costa: Portugal
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses
To be published in October 2010, on the 100th anniversary of republic, this biography of Afonso Costa described by loyal press as 'the leader of the small nations', considers the political implications of Portugal’s participation in the First World War and of the ‘defeat’ in Paris.
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2010-10-10
9781905791873
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History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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Theme Song for an Old Show
by Jeffrey Lewis
The third novel in Jeffrey Lewis's 'Meritocracy Quartet' sees Louie rising rapidly to become a producer on a hit show. But the shows ratings soon begin to fall, will it cannibalize for one last big tune-in , or will it be allowed to conclude it's run in dignity?
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2010-10-01
9781906598808
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UK & Commonwealth
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Epitácio Pessoa: Brazil
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Michael Streeter
To be published in April 2010, on the 91st anniversary of his election as the president of Brazil, while in Paris, this is the story of Epitácio Pessoa, the Treaty of Versailles and the rise and fall of Brazil’s tumultuous First Republic.
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2010-09-13
9781905791866
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World
Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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