Guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency

U.S.-Soviet policy in the Third World

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Published 1989 by Lexington Books in Lexington, Mass .
Written in English

Places:

• United States,
• Soviet Union,
• Developing countries
Subjects:

• Low-intensity conflicts (Military science),
• United States -- Military relations -- Developing countries.,
• Soviet Union -- Military relations -- Developing countries.,
• Developing countries -- Military relations -- United States.,
• Developing countries -- Military relations -- Soviet Union.

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Edition Notes

Statement	edited by Richard H. Shultz, Jr. ... [et al.].
Contributions	Shultz, Richard H., 1947-, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. International Security Studies Program., Army War College (U.S.), National Defense University.
Classifications
LC Classifications	U240 .G8239 1989
The Physical Object
Pagination	xiii, 433 p. ;
Number of Pages	433
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL2037119M
ISBN 10	0669199346
LC Control Number	88013380

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