Antarctica: the Battle for the Seventh Continent 9781440848032, 9781440848049, 1440848041

"The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements--collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS)--regulate the

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English Pages (x, 320 pages) : illustrations Year 2016

Antarctica: the Battle for the Seventh Continent
9781440848032, 9781440848049, 1440848041

The thawing Antarctic continent offers living space and marine and mineral resources that were previously inaccessible.

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The thawing Antarctic continent offers living space and marine and mineral resources that were previously inaccessible.

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Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa’s moral crusade, nor as explosive

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THE BATTLE FOR MAGDEBURG — Karel Margry describes how Magdeburg, located on the Elbe river in central Germany, was one o

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Table of contents : Insanity Fair, 1966. On Moving Frontiers. The Rise of Rhodesia. The Decade of Doubletalk. The Cross

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A look at democracy in the United States during the early 20th century. Specially focused around government, banking, ec

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The book is about the universal phenomenon of citymaking seen in a historical perspective - how and why cities took the

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"The plan, I think, is the old one of world dominion in a new form . . . Today the scene is set for the third act,

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The Falklands War was one of the strangest in British history—28,000 men sent to fight for a tiny relic of empire 8,000

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