In War and Peace: Security and Defence Policy in a Small State

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In War and Peace : Security and Defence Policy in a Small State. / Wivel, Anders.

The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics. ed. / Peter Munk Christiansen; Jørgen Elklit; Peter Nedergaard. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. p. 453-469.

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Wivel, A 2020, In War and Peace: Security and Defence Policy in a Small State. in PM Christiansen, J Elklit & P Nedergaard (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 453-469. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.26

APA

Wivel, A. (2020). In War and Peace: Security and Defence Policy in a Small State. In P. M. Christiansen, J. Elklit, & P. Nedergaard (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics (pp. 453-469). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.26

Vancouver

Wivel A. In War and Peace: Security and Defence Policy in a Small State. In Christiansen PM, Elklit J, Nedergaard P, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2020. p. 453-469 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198833598.013.26

Author

Wivel, Anders. / In War and Peace : Security and Defence Policy in a Small State. The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics. editor / Peter Munk Christiansen ; Jørgen Elklit ; Peter Nedergaard. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. pp. 453-469

Bibtex

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