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Africom At 5 Years: The Maturation Of A New U S Combatant Command

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Book Title: Africom AT 5 Years: the Maturation of a New U. S. Combatant Command

Item Length: 10in.

Item Height: 0.3in.

Item Width: 7in.

Author: U. S. Department U.S. Department of Defense

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: WORLD / African

Publisher: CreateSpace

Publication Year: 2014

Genre: Political Science

Item Weight: 9.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 112 Pages

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