Open networks and the open door: American foreign policy and the narration of the internet

Foreign Policy Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-111

  McCarthy, Daniel R ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80051589339     PISSN: 17438586     EISSN: 17438594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-8594.2010.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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