'A new greater Romania'? Romanian claims to the Serbian Banat in 1941

Central Europe

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-120

  Haynes, Rebecca Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052199851     PISSN: 14790963     EISSN: 17458212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147909605x69374     Document Type: Review

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