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Fighting the Cold War : a soldier's memoir /

When four-star general John Rogers Galvin retired from the US Army after forty-four years of distinguished service in 1992, the Washington Post hailed him as a man "without peer among living generals." In Fighting the Cold War: A Soldier's Memoir, the celebrated soldier, scholar, and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Galvin, John R., 1929-2015
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
Colección:American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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