Operation Anaconda: Perception meets reality in the hills of Afghanistan

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-20

  Hastert, Paul L ^a,b  

^a 1480 Air Force Pentagon ^*

^b SAF AQRT   (United States)

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EID: 27944477307     PISSN: 1057610X     EISSN: 15210731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10576100590524294     Document Type: Review

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39. Washington Post, Ibid.
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45. Tyson, Washington Post, op. cit.
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