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Ring of Steel, Germany and Austria-Hungry 1914-1918 by Alexander Watson
A giant of a book, hugely well researched and hugely entertaining: Notes below: This book’s central argument is that popular consent was...
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Bulgaria!
First trip abroad since Covid. Notes below :) Bulgars from Iran. Mixed with Slavs. First Bulgarian state. Roman invasion. Roman/Greek...