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Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain [6th ed.]
1442239182, 9781442239180

In March 2012, at a meeting convened by the recently reelected Russian president Vladimir Putin, Minister of Defense Ser

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During the colonial period, Laos welcomed the smallest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, communities that

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Observing the plants of the forest floor – the flowers, ferns, sedges and grasses – can be a vital way of understanding

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Future Imperfect describes and discusses a variety of technological revolutions that might happen over the next few deca

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Mal was heading across an America ravaged by worldwide earthquakes when he ran into a dying stranger who babbled of men

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Drawing on his experience both as a scholar and as a diplomat stationed in China, Jean-Luc Domenach consults a wealth of

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“Past Imperfect is a forthright and uncommonly damning study of those intellectually volatile years [1944-1956]. Mr. Jud

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The contributors to this volume analyze the present state of the Russian economy and its future prospects - which now se

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Filmmakers often use dramatic license in playing with facts to enhance a story's drama, illuminate an overlooked pe

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