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Book Title: Twice a Stranger : the Mass Expulsions That Forged Modern Greece and Turkey
Item Length: 9.5in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6.4in
Author: Bruce Clark
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Military / WORLD War I, Demography, Modern / 20th Century, Military / Wars & Conflicts (OTHER)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: History, Social Science
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
