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| Title | Deterrence and Defense: Toward a Theory of National Security Publications (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Center of International Studies) |
| Author | Glenn Herald Snyder |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 10, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0608307335, 9780608307336 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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