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The Military in America: From the Colonial Era to the Present [Paperback]

Peter M. Karsten (Author)

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Publication Date: August 27, 1986

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Paperback: 484 pages
Publisher: Free Press; Revised edition (August 27, 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0029191904
ISBN-13: 978-0029191903
Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches
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Recruiting, Drafting, and Enlisting: Two Sides of the Raising of Military Forces (Military and Society) by Peter Karsten on 6 pages
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