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From Mighty Oaks to Little Acorns: the Problems of the Presidential Timber Business

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

Michael Foley
Michael Foley
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Lecturer in the Department of International Politics, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DB, Great Britian.
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , April 1990 , pp. 85 - 92
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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