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Book Title: Lucrative Targets: the U. S. Air Force in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations
Number of Pages: 262 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Topic: Military / Persian Gulf War (1991)
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: History
Item Weight: 19.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.6 in
Author: Perry Jamieson
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
