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    "description": "<p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR: <br /> <br /> Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for fi ft y years, using re-sources that span the globe. His latest book, &ldquo;Bulgaria&rsquo;s Military Leadership 1900 - 1945&rdquo; contains the military biographies of the senior generals and admirals who served the Kingdom of Bulgaria during the fi rst forty-fi ve years of the 20th Century, a period during which Bulgaria was involved in three wars: the Balkan Wars (1912-1913), World War I (1915-1918) and World War II (1941-1945).<br /> <br /> For his previous work on the Hungarian military, the Hungarian Knightly Order of Vit&eacute;z in 1997 awarded Kursietis its Cross of Merit. He is also the recipient of the Sil-ver Medal of Merit from the World Federation of Hungarian Veterans, as well as the Silver and Bronze Service Crosses and the 2014-2018 Cross from the International Hungarian Military History Preservation Society. <br /> <br /> Outside of his researching and writing, Kursietis serves as the Chairman, President and CEO of the Latvian Welfare Association in the USA (Daugavas Vanagi ASV).</p>",
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