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Longo, Matthew,(author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780393540772
  • ISBN: 0393540774
  • Physical Description: xvi, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]

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Prologue: Freedom's promise -- Part I: Just kids ... Read More
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Subject: Europe, Eastern > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
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