Dangerous games across the Taiwan strait

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 23-41

  Peterson, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 23744444759     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/016366004773097696     Document Type: Article

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