Marxism and US foreign policy

Stokes, D; Maher, DJ

Marxism and US foreign policy

Stokes, D; Maher, DJ

Authors

D Stokes

Dr David Maher D.J.Maher@salford.ac.uk
Associate Professor/Reader

Contributors

I Parmar
Editor

LB Miller
Editor

M Ledwidge
Editor

Citation

Stokes, D., & Maher, D. (2014). Marxism and US foreign policy. In I. Parmar, L. Miller, & M. Ledwidge (Eds.), Obama and the World: New directions in US foreign policy (53-66). Routledge

Publication Date	Apr 4, 2014
Deposit Date	Aug 16, 2014
Publicly Available Date	Mar 18, 2020
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	53-66
Series Title	Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
Book Title	Obama and the World: New directions in US foreign policy
ISBN	9780415715232
Publisher URL	https://www.routledge.com/Obama-and-the-World-New-Directions-in-US-Foreign-Policy-2nd-Edition/Parmar-Miller-Ledwidge/p/book/9780415715232
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