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Return to Armageddon
The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1981-1999
by Ronald E. Powaski
ISBN: 0195103823
ISBN-13: 9780195103823
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
Published date: 2000
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 294
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