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• Main Author: NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing)
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Cold War; Southeast Asia; East Asia; United States; Korean War; Asian Financial Crisis; Asian Century; Asian Studies; International and Area Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3219; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4476/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S003043871730114X_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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