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Book Title: Overreach : Delusions of Regime Change in Iraq
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Michael Macdonald
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), International Relations / General, American Government / General
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: History, Political Science
Item Weight: 17.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
