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Book Title: Why Veterans Run : Military Service in American Presidential Elections, 1789-2016
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Jeremy M. Teigen
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Military / Veterans, Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Beverages / Alcoholic / Bartending
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Cooking, History, Political Science
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
