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Book Title: Opportunity 08: Independent Ideas For America's Next Preside...
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Name: Opportunity 08 : Independent Ideas for America's Next President
Language: English
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Subject: Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Public Policy / Social Policy, American Government / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, American Government / Executive Branch, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publication Year: 2007
Item Height: 0.4 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Author: Michael E. O'hanlon
Item Length: 8.7 in
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 5.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
