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A Different Kind of War Story

Paperback • 1997 • English • 1. edition

A Different Kind of War Story

By Carolyn Nordstrom

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A Different Kind of War Story takes us to the frontlines of one of the most brutal wars in recent history. The setting is Mozambique during the fifteen-year war of terror that took a million lives—mostly civilian—and completely destroyed homes, crops, hospitals, schools, and even access to water. The characters are the soldiers who fought it, the thieves and opportunists who profited from it, and the ordinary people whose lives were shattered by it and from whose ranks emerged the heroes and hea...Show more

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ISBN

9780812216219

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published year

1997

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

A Different Kind of War Story

Format

Paperback

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