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Proceedings Magazine - April 1990 Vol. 116/4/1,046

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Where We Were

Issue: Proceedings Magazine - April 1990 Vol. 116/4/1,046

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• The Path to Tactical Superiority
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• Pictorial: Moving On
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• Interview: General Alfred M. Gray, Jr., USMC
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• Remembering Genda
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• Command and Management
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• Will History Repeat Itself?
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• The Ultimate War Game
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