The Happy Warrior: Winston Churchill and the Representation of War, 1895–1901 by Antoine Capet

“…Most people today only remember his massive role in the British war effort during the Second World War, but in fact he was an active participant in more distant conflicts—as frontline observer or combatant—as early as 1895, when he used his parents’ connections in high places to obtain permission to go to Cuba, where a war of independence was taking place. …”
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Soviet View of the World. Exploring Long-Term Visual Patterns in “Novosti dnia” Newsreel Journal (1945-1992) by Mila Oiva, Tillmann Ohm, Ksenia Mukhina, Mar Canet Solà, Maximilian Schich

“…Studies in Soviet visual culture have recognized both continuities of repeating patterns and changes in the post-World War II period. This understanding is based primarily on temporally limited source selections, while a more systematic study of the developments in Soviet visual culture over a longer period is pending. …”
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The activities of Soviet intelligence service among Russian emigration in post-war Northern China (according to the memoirs of N. A. Martynov) by M. V. Krotova

“…Martynov, is devoted to the activities of the Soviet intelligence service among the Russian emigration in Northern China after World War II in the context of the SovietAmerican confrontation in the initial period of the Cold War. …”
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The Latest Developments in the Crime of Aggression in International Law by Mohsen Ghadir, Mohamdreza Rashnavadi

“…After the outbreak of World War II, the Allies decided to try the defeated Axis of this war, including on charges of crimes against peace. …”
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From the History of Corporate Mercenarism: British Clandestine Operation in the North Yemen in 1960s by M. A. Nebolsina

“…However, the British operation in Yemen stands out in that regard as it was for the first time since the end of the World War II that such mission was carried out by mercenaries alone. …”
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The dream that never dies: the ideals and realities of cosmopolitanism in science, 1870–1940 by Robert Fox

“…Although the Second World War further undermined the ideal of internationalism in science, the vision of science as part of a world culture open to all soon resurfaced, notably in UNESCO. …”
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NUCLEAR STRIKE AGAINST HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. WARCRIME, THAT COULD BE AVOIDED by N. P. Parkhitko

“…Military, political and psychological aspects, that were crucial for American military planning at the latest stage of the Second World War are taken into consideration. Also the problems of the new reality in the global policy of that period, which made it possible to demonstrate the military power in such a destructive way, are investigated. …”
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DIFFERING APPROACHES OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TOWARDS THE “HISTORY ISSUES” by A. A. Batakova

“…His statement on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II promoted a thesis on importance to lift "the burden of apologies". …”
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Une histoire oubliée : la genèse française du terme « film noir » dans les années 1930 et ses implications transnationales by Thomas Pillard

“…In the 1990s, North American and British scholars started to re-evaluate film noir and show that this genre was not exclusive to American cinema: in fact, Charles O’Brien revealed that the label “film noir” had first been used in France before the war to describe a group of French films that are more or less the same ones we now identify as “poetic realism”; he then went on to refer to a new tendency in post-World-War-II Hollywood cinema. However, his work has, for the most part, gone unrecognized in France, where film noir is still seen as purely American. …”
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OSTRICHES AND GEOTOURISM: THE EVOLUTIONARY PATHWAY OF A SMALL TOWN TOURISM DESTINATION IN SOUTH AFRICA by Christian M. ROGERSON, Jayne M. ROGERSON

“…In the period after the Second World War, the local tourism economy diversifies with the revival and reorientation of ostrich farming which incorporates ostriches as tourism attractions. …”
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Sonatentheorien des Ostens. Zum Transfer einer westeuropäischen Formidee nach Russland und in die Sowjetunion bis 1945 by Wendelin Bitzan

“…The study covers a period from the foundation of the Saint Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories to the end of World War II.…”
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A WOMAN UNITED WITH THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST – BLESSED KLEMENSA STASZEWSKA OSU (1890–1943) by Anna Emmanuela Klich

“…She maintained this life amidst her duties and responsibility for the Ursuline community throughout the hardships of World War II and when, after helping with heroic courage those sought by the Gestapo, she endured the cruelty of the concentration camp. …”
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Poetic Utterances and Socio-Political Commitment in Ọbasa’s Poems by Lere Adeyemi

“…The major findings of the study were that: the selected poems have diverse socio-political themes as related to traditional politics, colonial politics, Yorùbá civil wars, first world war, migration and the need to remember one’s home or country; some of the poems were used as viable tool for political education; while others were essentially to ignite political consciousness in the readers. …”
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History of the development of telecommunications infrastructure in Japan by Yoshio Arai

“…During the construction of the international coaxial submarine cables after World War II, the combined use of the westward and eastward telecommunications routes similar to the early international telegraph networks was retained. …”
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CONTEMPORARY EUROSCEPTICISM AS A CHALLENGE TO EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY by M. O. Shibkova

“…At the outset of the integration project construction the advantage of the Old Continent unification after being destroyed by the Second World War was apparent. However, with the European Union transformation and the emergence of new challenges, Eurosceptic voices are becoming louder and an increasing number of states start to question the efficiency of supranational institutions and choose to take measures on their own. …”
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İngiliz Arşiv Belgelerine Göre Cidde Anlaşması’nın İmzalanma Sürecinde İbn-i Suud-İngiliz Görüşmeleri by Mustafa BOSTANCI

“…But the rulers of these lands would in no way stand against England. After the First World War ended with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the forces of Ibn Saud also captured Hail, Taif, Mecca, Medina and Jeddah after 1921. …”
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Victory Gardeners: Food and Gardening as part of a Healthy Lifestyle and Community by Maxine Hunter, William J. Lester, Hannah Wooten, Erin E. Harlow, Tiare Silvasy, LuAnn Duncan, Rebecca Elliott, Samantha DeForge, Danielle Treadwell

“…The therapeutic and nutritional benefits of gardening have long been recognized. After World War I, many service members were treated using horticulture therapy methods. …”
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THE CONCEPT OF “THE CONCERT OF EUROPE” IN XX CENTURY BRITISH AND AMERICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY by E. V. Romanova

“…Current international environment, the experience of the two World Wars of the XXth century determined the angle from which the phenomenon of the Concert of Europe was studied. …”
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The Battle of Stalingrad in the Context of Modern History by M. Y. Myagkov

“…Proceeding 200 days and nights the Battle of Stalingrad became a turning point in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people and in all World War II, it turned back, in the western direction movement of the Soviet-German front when Hitler was compelled to recognize that for Germans "possibility of the end of war in the east by means of approach more doesn't exist". …”
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