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For the Common Defense A Military History of the United States Revised and Expanded

by Allan Millett and Peter Maslowski · 1984

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Covers U.S. military institutions and policies from Colonial times to the present. Also discusses major military campaigns.

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adult
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epic · 701 pages

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