The Grand Strategies of Small States

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The Grand Strategies of Small States. / Wivel, Anders.

The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy. ed. / Thierry Balzacq; Ronald R. Krebs. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021. p. 490-505.

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Harvard

Wivel, A 2021, The Grand Strategies of Small States. in T Balzacq & RR Krebs (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 490-505. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198840299.013.32

APA

Wivel, A. (2021). The Grand Strategies of Small States. In T. Balzacq, & R. R. Krebs (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy (pp. 490-505). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198840299.013.32

Vancouver

Wivel A. The Grand Strategies of Small States. In Balzacq T, Krebs RR, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2021. p. 490-505 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198840299.013.32

Author

Wivel, Anders. / The Grand Strategies of Small States. The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy. editor / Thierry Balzacq ; Ronald R. Krebs. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021. pp. 490-505

Bibtex

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