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American Veteran Noirs: Investigating Exceptionalism and Its Post-World War II Trauma

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|May 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hjeas/2024/30/1/10 | Journal eISSN: 2732-0421 | Journal ISSN: 1218-7364
Language: English
Page range: 203 - 226
Published on: May 25, 2024
Published by: University of Debrecen
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