Object details

Category
Books
Related period
Second World War (content), Interwar (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
ATTALI, JACQUES (Author)
Weidenfeld and Nicolson (Publisher)
Production date
1986
Place made
London
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 24cm., Pagination: vii, 346p.

Catalogue number
LBY 86 / 2539

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