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“It’s an excellent book, and its subtitle gives the game away: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends. For centuries, these countries that we principally think about when we think of Central Europe…were under the hegemony of the Habsburgs, as the Holy Roman Empire…Also important to mention about Lonnie Johnson’s book, Central Europe, is that it has a very good description of how the idea of modern national identity arose.” Read more...
Nicholas Parsons, Historian
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