Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War, Hardcover - Lukasz Stanek

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Double Cross in Cairo uncovers the heroic exploits of one of the Second World War's most closely guarded secrets.

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Publisher: Transcript VerlagAuthor(s): Zsuzsa LaszloNumber of pages: 210Collection: ImagePublication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 224 x 20Cover type...

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The contributions to this edited volume discuss constitutional politics in 20 Central and Eastern European countries. The country chapters describe...