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High Cold War
Strategic Air Reconnaissance and the Electronic Intelligence War
by Robert Jackson
ISBN: 1852605847
ISBN-13: 9781852605841
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
Published date: 1998
Size: 7.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Pages: 176
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