ABSTRACT

First published in 1946, A Dictionary of International Affairs is virtually an encyclopaedia. This highly useful reference work is indispensable to all who desire to be well-informed about the world in which they live. The scope of this book is unusually wide. It deals with such varied subjects of the Chaco Dispute, Ogpu, Syndicalism, Freedom of the Seas, Balfour Declaration, etc. It also contains statistics about minerals, agricultural produce, and industrial products. In addition, it provides essential information about erstwhile colonies, islands, and nations. It brings together – in a precise style and compact form – a vast amount of basic and interesting information on almost every conceivable aspect of international affairs. Chief emphasis is given to developments since World War I – particularly to those agreements, concepts, agencies, problems, areas and resources which are of continuing importance.

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A Dictionary of International Affairs

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Aaland Islands

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Abyssinia (otherwise Ethiopia)

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Abyssinian Pact, The

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A. B. C. Nations, The

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>Aden

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Afghanistan

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Africa, British West

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Africa, French Equatorial

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Africa, French North

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Africa, French West 1

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Africa, South-West

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African Protectorates

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Air Transport, International

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Albania

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Alexandretta, Sanjak of

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Algeria

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Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen)

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Aluminium

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American Debt

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American Loan, The

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American Naval and Air Bases

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Amritsar

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Anglo-Russian Agreement

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Anglo-Turkish Alliance, The

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Angola

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Anschluss, The

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Anti-Comintern Pact

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Antimony

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Anti-Semitism

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Arab League, The

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Arabia, Oil in

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Argentina

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Arica and Tacna

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Armenia

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Armistice of 1940, French

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Aryan Decrees

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Aryans

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Asiatic Pact

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Assyrian Christians

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Atlantic Charter

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Atomic Bomb

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Ausgleich

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Australia

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Austria

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Autarky

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Axis, The Rome-Berlin

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Azerbaijan

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Azores, The

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Bahrein

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Balearic Islands

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Balfour Declaration

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Balfour Declaration (1926)

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Balfour Note

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Balkan Pact, The

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Balkan Union

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Baltic Pact, The

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Bank for International Settlements

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Barley

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Basques, The

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Basutoland

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Bauxite

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Bechuanaland

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Belgium

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Belgo-Luxemburg Economic Union

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Berchtesgaden Agreement

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Berlin Conference

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Berne Convention

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Bessarabia

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Bolshevism

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Borneo, British North

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Bornholm

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Boxer Indemnity, The

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Brandenburg

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Brenner Pass

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Brest-Litovsk Treaties

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Bretton Woods Conference

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Briand Memorandum

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Bucharest, Treaty of

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Bukowina, The

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Bulgaria

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Burgenland, The

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Burma

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Cadmium

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Caliphate

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Cameroons, The

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Canary Islands

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Canton and Enderbury

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Cape Verde Islands

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Capitulations

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Caribbean Commission

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Carinthia

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Carpatho-Ukraine

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Catalonia

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Central America

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Ceuta

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Chaco Dispute, The

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Chapultepec, Act of

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Chetniks

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China

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Chrome

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Class War

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Clearing Unions, International

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Goal

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Cobalt

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Coffee

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Collective Security

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Comintern, The (properly the Third (Communist) International)

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Communism

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Communist International

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Concordat, The

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Condominium

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Confederation of States

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Congo Basin Treaties

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Congo, Belgian

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Constantinople

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Copper

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Copper Ore

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Copra

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Cotton

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Co-Prosperity Sphere, East Asia

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Corfu

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Corporate State

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Corridor, Polish

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Corsica

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Crete

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Crimea Conference

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Croatia

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Cuba

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Currency Declaration, Three Power

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Curzon Line, The

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Customs Union

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Cyprus

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Cyrenaica

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Czechoslovakia

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Dacoits

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Dakar

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Dalmatia

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Danube Commission

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Danubian Pact

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Danzig

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Dardanelles

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Dawes Plan

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Debts, Inter-Allied

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Denmark

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Disarmament

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Dobrudja

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Dodecanese

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Druzes, The

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Dumbarton Oaks Conference

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Dyarchy

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Economic Conference, World

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Economic and Social Council

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Egypt

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Eire

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Entente Cordiale

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Eritrea

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Estonia

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Ethiopia

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Eupen and Malmedy

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Exchange Control

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Extraterritoriality

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Falange (Falange Espanola), The

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F.A.O. (Food and Agriculture Organization)

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Far Eastern Commission

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Faroe Islands

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Fascism

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Fatherland Front

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Federal State; Confederation of States

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Federal Union

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Fertile Crescent

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Fifth Column

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Fighting French

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Fiji Islands

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Finland

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Fiume

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Five Power Treaty

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Flax

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Flemish Movement, The

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Formosa

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Four Freedoms, The

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Four Power Pact

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Four Power Treaty

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Fourteen Points, The

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Franco-British Union

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Franco-German Frontier

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Franco-Soviet Pact

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Freedom of the Air

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Freedom of the Seas

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Free French (later Fighting French)

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Free Ports

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Free Trade and Protection

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French Armistice

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French Colonies in America

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French Empire, The

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French Guiana

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Friendly Islands, The

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Galicia, Eastern

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Gambia

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Geneva Convention

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Geneva Free Zones

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Geneva Protocols

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Gentleman's Agreement

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Geo-Politics

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German Colonies

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Gestapo, The

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Gibraltar

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Godesberg Memorandum

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Gold

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Gold Bloc, The

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Gold Coast

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Gold Standard

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Greco-Yugoslav Union

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Greek Patriots

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Ground Nuts

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Guadeloupe

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Guam

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Guild Socialism

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Guinea, Portuguese

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Habsburg Restoration, The

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Hague Conventions

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Hatay, The

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Havana, Act of

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Havana Declaration

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Hawaii or Sandwich Islands

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Hemp

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Hispanidad

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Hoare-Laval Project

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Hong Kong

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Hoover Moratorium

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Hot Springs Conference

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Hungary

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Iceland

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Imperialism

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Imperial Preference

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Independent Workers of the World

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India

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India, French

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India, Portuguese

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Indians in Natal

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Indo-Ghina, French

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Indonesia

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Inflation

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International Justice, Permanent Court of

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International Labour Organization

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International, The Third

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Ionian Islands (see also Corfu)

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Iran

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Iran, Anglo-Soviet Treaty with

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Iraq

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Ireland

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Ireland, Northern

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Irish Boundary

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Irish Naval Stations

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Iron Ore

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Iron, Pig

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Irredentism

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Istanbul (formerly Constantinople)

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I.W.W.

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Izmir

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Japan

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Java

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Julian March, The

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Jute

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Karelia

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Kellogg Pact, The

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Keynes Plan

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Khalif, The (Caliph)

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Kiaochow

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Konigsberg

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Korea

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Kuomintang

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Kurds, The

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Kuriles, The

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Kuweit

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Lapua Movement

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Lateran Treaty

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Latvia (Lettland)

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Lausanne Agreement, The

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Lausanne, Treaty of

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Lead

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Lead Ore

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League of Nations

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League of Nations (Optional Clause)

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Lebanon, The

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Lend-Lease Act

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Leninism

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Leticia Dispute

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Lettland

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Levant States

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Libya

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Liechtenstein

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Lignite and Brown Goal

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Lima, Declaration of

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Lithuania

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Little Entente, The

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Locarno Pact

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London Naval Conference

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London Naval Treaty

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London, Pact of (1915)

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Luxemburg

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Macao

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Macedonia

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Madagascar

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Madeira

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Mahasabha

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Malaya, British

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Malta

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Manchukuo

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Manchuria

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Mandate System

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Manganese

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Marshall Islands, The

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Martinique

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Marxism

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Memel

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Mexico Petroleum

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Middle East Pact

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Minorities, National

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Molybdenum

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Monetary Fund, International

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Mongolia

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Monroe Doctrine

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Montenegro

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Montoire Agreement

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Montreux Straits Convention, The

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Morgenthau Plan, The

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Morgenthau Plan

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Morocco

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Moscow Agreement, The

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Moscow Declarations, The

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Most Favoured Nation Clause

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Mosul

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Mozambique (Portuguese East Africa)

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Mozambique Convention, The

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Munich Agreement

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Natal, Indians in

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National Socialism

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Nauru

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Naval Bases, American

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Naval Disarmament

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Nazi

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Netherlands Indies

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Neuilly, Treaty of

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New Caledonia

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New Deal, American

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Newfoundland

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New Hebrides

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New Order, Nazi

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Nice

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Nickel

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Nigeria

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Nine Power Treaty

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Non-Aggression Pact

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Non-Aryan

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Non-Intervention

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Norfolk Island

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Norway

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Nürnberg Laws

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Nyon Agreement, The

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Ogpu, The

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Oil

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Oil, Middle East

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Oil, Olive

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Oil, Palm

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Open Door Policy

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Optional Clause

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Oslo Block

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Oslo Convention

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Ossewabrandwag

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Ostland

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Ottawa Agreements, The

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Pacific Islands, The British

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Pacificism

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Pakistan

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Palestine

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Pan-Africanderdom

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Panama Canal

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Panama, Declaration of

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Pan-Americanism

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Pan-American Union

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Pantelleria

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Papua

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Permanent Court of International Justice

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Persia (otherwise Iran)

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Petroleum

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Philadelphia Charter, The

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Philippines, The

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Phosphates

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Platinum

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Plebiscite

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Pogrom

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Poland

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Polish Corridor

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Polish-Czech Declaration

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Polish Frontiers, The

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Pomerania

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Popular Front

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Portuguese Colonies

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Postal Union, International

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Potash

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Potsdam Conference

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Prometheus

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Protection

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Prussia, East

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Pyrites

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Quicksilver

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Radium

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Rap alio, Treaty of

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Rayon

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Red Gross, International

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Regional Pacts

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Reparations

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Rhineland, The

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Rhodes

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Rhodesia

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Rice

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Rubber

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Ruhr Basin, The

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Rumania

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Russia

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Russian Alliance, Anglo

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Russo-Japanese Agreements

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Russo-Japanese Pact

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Ruthenia (Sub-Carpathian Russia)

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Rye

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Saadabad Pact, The

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Saarland

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St. Germain, Treaty of

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St. Jean de Maurienne, Treaty of

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St. Pierre and Miquelon

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St. Thomé and Principe Islands

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Sakhalin

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Salonika (Thessaloniki)

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Samoan Islands

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Sanctions

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San Francisco Conference

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Sarawak

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Savoy

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Savoy Free Zones (also known as the Geneva Free Zones)

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Scandinavia

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Schleswig-Holstein

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Seas, Freedom of the

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Senussi, The

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Sèvres, Treaty of

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Shanghai

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Siam

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Sierra Leone

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Silesia

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Silk

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Silver

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Sinkiang

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Slovakia

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Slovenia

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Smyrna (Izmir)

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Socialism

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Solomon Islands

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Somaliland

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South Africa, Union of

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Soviet-Polish Agreement

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Soviet-Polish Pact

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Soviet Socialist Republics, Union of

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Soya Beans

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Spa Conference, The

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Spitsbergen

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Spanish Civil War, The

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Steel

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Stettin

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Stresa Conference (I)

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Stresa Conference (II)

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Sub-Carpathian Russia

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Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian

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Sudetenland

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Suez Canal, The

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Sugar

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Sulphur

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Swaraj

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Swaziland

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Sweden

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Sykes-Picot Treaty

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Syndicalism

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Syria

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Tacna-Arica Question

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Tanganyika

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Tangier

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Tehran Declaration, The

entry |2 pages

Teschen

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Thailand, otherwise Siam

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Thrace

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Three Power Pact, The

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Tibet

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Timor

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Tin

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Tin Ore

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Tobacco

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Tonga Islands

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Togoland

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Totalitarianism

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Transjordan

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Transylvania

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Treaty Ports

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Trianon, Treaty of

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Trieste

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Tripartite Monetary Agreement

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Tripartite Pact, The

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Tripolitania

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Trotskyism

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Trusteeship Council

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Tungsten

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Tunisia

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Turkey, The New

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Twelve Points, President Truman's

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Tyrol, The

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Ukraine, The

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Union with Britain Now

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United Nations, The

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United States of America and Treaty of Versailles

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United States of Europe

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U.N.R.R.A.

entry |1 pages

Uranium

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U.S.S.R.

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Ustaci, The

entry |1 pages

Val d'Aosta

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Vanadium

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Van Zeeland Report

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Vatican City, The

entry |1 pages

Venezia Giulia

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Versailles, Treaty of

entry |1 pages

Vienna Award

entry |2 pages

Viet-Minh

entry |1 pages

Vilna

entry |1 pages

Vorarlberg

entry |1 pages

Wafd, The

entry |1 pages

Walloons

entry |1 pages

War Debts

entry |1 pages

Washington Conference

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Washington Convention

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Washington Naval Treaty

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Washington, Pact of

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Wei-Hai-Wei

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West Indies, American Naval Stations in

entry |2 pages

Westminster, Statute of

entry |1 pages

Wheat

entry |2 pages

Wheat Convention, The

entry |1 pages

White Army

entry |1 pages

White Plan

entry |1 pages

White Russia

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Wood Pulp

entry |1 pages

Wool

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Yalta Conference

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Yemen, The

entry |1 pages

Young Plan, The

entry |4 pages

Yugoslavia

entry |1 pages

Zanzibar

entry |1 pages

Zinc

entry |1 pages

Zinc Ore

entry |1 pages

Zinovieff Letter, The

entry |3 pages

Zionism

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Zollverein