The Great Illusion: Chimeras of Isolationism and Realism in Post-Iraq U.S. Foreign Policy1

Politics and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 522-547

  Quinn, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 42349100682     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2007.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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