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Book Title: Imagining Future War: The West's Technological Revolution An...
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Antulio J. Echevarria II
Publication Name: Imagining Future War : the West's Technological Revolution and Visions of Wars to Come, 1880-1914
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication Year: 2007
Series: War, Technology, and History Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
