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| Title | The Theory of War: Illustrated by Numerous Examples from Military History |
| Author | Patrick Leonard Macdougall |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858 |
| Length | 354 pages |
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