Russia and the Road to Appeasement: Cycles of East-West Conflict in War and Peace byGeorge LiskaReview by: John C. CampbellForeign Affairs, Vol. 61, No. 1 (Fall, 1982), p. 219Published by: Council on Foreign RelationsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20041361 .

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