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Book Title: Rethinking Victory in Counterinsurgency
Number of Pages: 40 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2014
Topic: Military / Strategy
Genre: History
Item Weight: 3.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: U. S. Army U.S. Army War College Press
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
