Contains Over 2,600 Alphabetically Arranged Entries That Provide Information About Political, Diplomatic, And Military People And Events In The History Of The World From 1900 Through The Early Twenty-first Century. Acknowledgements; Preface; The Dictionary; Maps; Austria-hungary And Its Successor States; Ottoman Empire, 1912-14; British Empire, 1914; French Empire, 1914; Soviet Union And Its Successor States. Jan Palmowski. Previous Ed.: 2003.