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Book Review: 2020: World of War
Mungo MelvinRUSI Journal, 18 September 2017
Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, National Security, Terrorism, UK Defence
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Mungo Melvin became a Senior Associate Fellow of RUSI in January 2012, having been a member for over thirty years.
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