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The Puzzle of Obama’s “Small-Ball” Strategy: Caution, Retrenchment, and Realism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2017

Scott Waalkes
Scott Waalkes*
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Malone University
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Symposium: President Obama’s Legacy and Record
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 49 - 53
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