The Issue of State Power: The Council on Foreign Relations as a Case Study

Journal of American Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 73-95

  Parmar, Inderjeet ^a  

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EID: 84937285385     PISSN: 00218758     EISSN: 14695154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021875800026177     Document Type: Article

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