Challenging Transformation's Clichés
- ISBN-10
- 1584872667
- ISBN-13
- 9781584872665
- Category
- Clichés
- Pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
- Author
- Antulio Joseph Echevarria
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