Arming the Free World: The Origins of the United States Military Assistance Program, 1945-1950
- ISBN-10
- 0807819433
- ISBN-13
- 9780807819432
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- UNC Press Books
- Author
- Chester J. Pach
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Arming the Free World: The Origins of the United States Military Assistance Program, 1945-1950
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