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The World Today

The World Today

W.E.F. Ward

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2023
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Historia
ISBN:
9781032422589

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The World Today (1974) examines the world of the late twentieth century and its roots - the disintegration of the old world is analysed in the expansion and subsequent decline of nineteenth-century imperialism, and the attempts by the League of Nations and United Nations to bring about a new order on international cooperation.

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