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Mark Mazower (/ m ə ˈ z aʊ. ər /; born 20 February 1958) is a British historian. His areas of expertise are Greece, the Balkans , and more generally, 20th-century Europe . He is Ira D. Wallach Professor of History at Columbia University in New York City.
Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century is a 1998 book by Mark Mazower. The book deals with European history from the end of World War I until the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s. Mazower emphasized the fragility of democracy and argued that a democratic Europe was just one of many possible outcomes of the European 20th century.
Mazower explores the philhellenic movement popular in Europe and argues that outside views of the Greek Revolution gave rise to the rise of nationalism in Europe and the modern nation-state system. The events in Greece became a hook for contemporary discussions of issues such as slavery , humanitarian intervention , European identity , and ...
Musk was born to an affluent South African family in Pretoria before immigrating to Canada, acquiring Canadian citizenship via his mother. He moved to California in 1995 to attend Stanford University , and with his brother Kimbal co-founded the software company Zip2 , which was acquired by Compaq in 1999.
Another historian, Mark Mazower, describes Ohlendorf as a "gloomy, driven, self-righteous Prussian". [43] His commitment to the Nazi cause kept him in Ukraine longer than any of his comrades, and while he may have disliked the political direction in which Germany was headed, he never registered complaints about murdering Jews. [43]
The family members include: [2] George Getty (1855–1930), American lawyer, married Sarah Catherine McPherson Risher (1853–1941) J. Paul Getty (1892–1976), wealthy American industrialist and founder of Getty Oil, married five times and had five sons: 1. By his first, wife Jeanette Demont (1904–1986), J. Paul Getty fathered:
Mark Umbers (born 17 June 1973) is an English theatre, film and television actor. Early life and education. Born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Umbers was ...
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