Generation Kill
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780552158930 (0552158933)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Corgi (Random House Group)
Pages no: 463
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
History,
Journalism,
War,
Military,
Politics,
Contemporary,
Military History
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