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Looking beyond Great Power Prestige: How Small States Pursue National Ends in Theater-Specific Military Deployments Cover

Looking beyond Great Power Prestige: How Small States Pursue National Ends in Theater-Specific Military Deployments

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|Sep 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.142 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
Page range: 149 - 164
Submitted on: Jan 14, 2022
Accepted on: May 10, 2022
Published on: Sep 9, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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