First Line of Defense: The U.S. Navy Since 1945
- ISBN-10
- 0817973710
- ISBN-13
- 9780817973711
- Category
- History / Military / United States
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Author
- Paul B. Ryan
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Other editions
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- 2000
- 124 pages
- Paperback
- American Academy of Diplomacy
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