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Twilight Warriors
Covert Air Operations Against the USSR
by Curtis Peebles
ISBN: 1591146607
ISBN-13: 9781591146605
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
Published date: 2005
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Pages: 330
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