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Book Title: American Diplomacy
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: American Diplomacy : Sixtieth-Anniversary Expanded Edition
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: United States / 20th Century, International Relations / General, International Relations / Diplomacy
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.7 Oz
Author: George F. Kennan
Item Length: 0.8 in
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Width: 0.5 in
Series: Walgreen Foundation Lectures
Format: Trade Paperback
