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- Title 100 Turning Points in Military History: The Critical Decisions, Key Events, and Breakthrough Inventions and Discoveries That Shaped Warfare Around the
- Author Alan Axelrod
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Lyons Press
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781493059485 / 1493059483
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.68 x 5.72 x 1.09 in (22.05 x 14.53 x 2.77 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Military history
- Dewey Decimal Code 355.009
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