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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