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Book Review: How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon
Trevor TaylorRUSI Journal, 22 January 2018
Civil–Military Relations, United States, US Defence Policy, Defence, Industries and Society, North America, Americas, Defence Policy
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