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| Author | David L. Preston |
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| Series | Pivotal moments in American history |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 2015 |
| Pages | xvii, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates |
| Awards | 2015 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History |
| ISBN | 9780199845323 |
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It was the 2015 recipient of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History. [1]
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