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"ref": "2008, Diane M. Unger, A Colonial Lieutenant Beckons, page 143",
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"ref": "2012, Johan Höglund, “10: Militarizing the Vampire: Underworld and the Desire of the Military Entertainment Complex”, in Tabish Khair, Johan Höglund, editors, Transnational and Postcolonial Vampires: Dark Blood, page 173",
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