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For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America

by Allan R. Millett, Peter Maslowski · 1984

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This revised and expanded edition should be of interest to anyone interested in American military history, from the days of colonial militias to those of Desert Storm.

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Subject
historypolitics
Genre
war and military
Themes
military historyamerican history
Setting
civil warUSA
Audience
adult

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