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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Finn, Terence T.
America at war : concise histories of U.S. military conflicts from Lexington to Afghanistan / Terence T. Finn.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-425-26858-2
1. United States—History, Military. I. Title.
E181.F48 2014
355.00973—dc23
2013032320
PUBLISHING HISTORY
Berkley Caliber trade paperback edition / January 2014
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Interior maps by Eureka Cartography, Berkeley, CA.
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