Global Implications of the Middle Eastern Environment

History Compass

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 952-970

  Mikhail, Alan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84928863382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14780542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2011.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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