In this article, Adelheid Wölfl writes that the volume (...) "should actually have been published 25 years ago, but failed to do so at the time due to political intervention. Because the authors have known each other for decades (...), the work was finally completed in a record time of three and a half years. Long-term academic exchange thus pays off.‘ And: ’The book comprises 583 pages, numerous maps and illustrations. Above all, the portraits of individual personalities and separate explanatory pieces make the volume an entertaining and extremely informative reading experience."

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