George W. Bush

US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion: From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 178-195

  Lynch, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84917489555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203550373     Document Type: Chapter

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