Soviet Diplomacy and Negotiating Behavior: Emerging New Context for U.S. DiplomacyCongressional Research Service for the House Committee on Foreign AffairsReview by: John C. CampbellForeign Affairs, Vol. 58, No. 2 (Winter, 1979), p. 427Published by: Council on Foreign RelationsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20040457 .

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