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Book Title: Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy For America
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Publication Name: Preventive Defense : a New Security Strategy for America
Language: English
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2000
Subject: Public Policy / Military Policy, World / General, Military / United States, International Relations / General, Security (National & International)
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Ashton B. Carter, William J. Perry
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
