Shortcut to greatness: The new thinking and the revolution in Soviet foreign policy

International Organization

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Larson, Deborah Welch ^a   Shevchenko, Alexei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/s0020818303571028     Document Type: Article

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