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3 - War Finance and Military Effectiveness

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Rosella Cappella Zielinski
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Dan Reiter
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The Sword's Other Edge
Trade-offs in the Pursuit of Military Effectiveness
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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