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Playa Girón/Bay of Pigs
Foreword by Jack Barnes, 20-page photo section and other photos, maps, charts, chronology, glossary, further reading, index.
Format: Paper
301 Pages
Edition: 1st
Year: 2001
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
ISBN: 9780873489256
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