“I Can Spin Some Bullshit If You Want”: Narrating (and Bridging?) The Civil-Military Divide in Phil Klay’s Redeployment
By: Tim Gauthier
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v6i1.139 | Journal eISSN: 2470-4768
Language: English
Page range: 135 - 144
Submitted on: Aug 29, 2019
Accepted on: Jan 20, 2020
Published on: Mar 27, 2020
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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