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He is the former keeper of the churchill archives centre and a fellow of churchill college, cambridge. Piers brendon is the author of over a dozen books, among them the dark valley. He was educated at shrewsbury school and magdalene college, cambridge, where he read history. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. This book may not be the last word about international relations during the 1930s but it is perhaps the last halfmillion words. A panorama of the 1930s online books in format pdf. The 1930s were perhaps the seminal decade in twentiethcentury history, a dark time of global depression that displaced.

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