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Book Review: Britain's Europe: A Thousand Years of Conflict and Cooperation
Beatrice HeuserRUSI Journal, 25 September 2017
UK, History, Europe
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Beatrice Heuser holds the Chair in International Relations at the University of Glasgow. She has degrees from the Universities of... read more
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