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The U.S. invasion of Grenada : legacy of a flawed victory /

"In the fall of 1983, arguably the coldest year of the decades-long Cold War, the world's greatest superpower invaded Grenada, a Marxist-led Caribbean nation the size of Atlanta. Why and how this unlikely one-week war was waged was shrouded in secrecy at the time-and has remained so ever s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kukielski, Philip, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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