8 search results for “modern history” in the Staff website
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
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Aad van MastrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Maartje JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Pablo Isla MonsalveFaculty of Humanities
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Márcia GonçalvesFaculty of Humanities
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How gas conflicts between Ukraine and Russia were the precursor to war
The war between Ukraine and Russia is playing out not just on the battlefield but also on the geopolitical playing field of gas. Conflicts at the start of this century about this energy source were, says PhD candidate Ilia Barboutev, a precursor to today’s war.
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Wouter Linmans: 'The Netherlands did see World War II coming'
On 10 May 1940, the Netherlands was taken completely by surprise by the attack of the German army. Wasn’t it? In his dissertation, Wouter Linmans debunks the idea that the Second World War took the Netherlands by surprise. ‘From 1935 onwards, all major political parties wanted to invest in the military.’…