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This addition to The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations provides an updated, clear, and concise history of Great Britain that will be of value to undergraduates and to a general readership

This updated and expanded volume serves as an introduction to the history of Great Britain, from prehistory to the present.

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This complete history of Greece documents ancient times to the present, giving specific attention to its emergence as a modern European nation after the destruction, disease, and death Greece suffered during World War II and the subsequent civil war.

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This history of Holland, from its earliest beginnings to the present day, provides the most up-to-date survey of modern Dutch history, including the current Dutch approach to a number of social issues, such as the welfare state, the environment, socialized medicine, and the role of the military in the post-Cold War world.

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Based upon the most recent research, this thought-provoking, up-to-date survey of the history of Iceland provides unique insight into the challenges facing a small nation in a globalized world.

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An introduction to the history of Ireland, from its beginnings in the Neolithic era to events and issues in the year 2000. Chronologically arranged chapters trace the political, economic, social and cultural history of Ireland and the key personalities who shaped it.

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Killinger (history, Valencia Community College; Italian history, U. of Central Florida) provides a concise account of Italian history, written for students and interested laypeople. An introductory chapter describes the geography, people and current government of Italy.

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This informative, concise, and engagingly written work provides the most up-to-date history of Portugal, current through 1999, and gives a full picture of the political, social, cultural, and economic influences that shaped the history of Portugal.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

An updated edition of the acclaimed history of Russia, this new volume includes a wealth of material on events of the last decade.

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With the outbreak of war in the former Yugoslavia in 1991, interest in Balkan history has increased and become emotionally charged. This work should help readers to understand the complex web of Serbian history, politics, society, and culture.

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Every school and public library should update its resources on Spain with this lively and succinct narrative of Spain's long and rich historical experience.

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The work provides a timeline of events in Spanish history, brief biographies of key figures, and a bibliographic essay of interest to students and general readers.

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Nordstrom traces the history of Sweden, detailing its prehistory and Viking past.

This book shows how a country governed for years by a European monarchial system slowlyand at times grudginglychanged into the egalitarian, democratic system of today.

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A first-hand account of the early days of World War I

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Updating the popular 2003 first edition, this book is a narrative history of the Baltic States with particular focus on the events of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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This survey of Czech and Slovak history traces the development of two neighboring peoples through the creation of a common Czechoslovakian state in 1918 to the founding of the independent Czech and Slovak Republics in 1993 and beyond.

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In addition to offering a full portrayal of the battles and conflicts themselves, Moro also provides a cogent analysis of the interaction of political and military events in modern conflict, a particularly valuable case study of U.S.-Latin American relations, and a fascinating examination of weapons systems in modern warfare.

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Ukraine's struggle for a national identity plagued this former Soviet Union state long before the Cold War shook the world. Its central location between Eastern Europe and Western Asia invited different cultures to settle, ultimately populating a powerful early medieval society known as Kievan Rus. This book studies Ukraine's turbulent history.

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At last, new archival discoveries reveal the truth about the German Deputy-Fhrers incredible solo flight to Britain in May 1941, and explain the British governments sixty-year silence as to what the Hess mission was all about.