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‘Slowing down the going-away process’ — Tom Stoppard and Soviet Dissent

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‘Slowing down the going-away process’ — Tom Stoppard and Soviet Dissent. / Hurst, Mark.
In: Contemporary British History, Vol. 30, No. 4, 01.07.2016, p. 484-504.

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Hurst, M 2016, '‘Slowing down the going-away process’ — Tom Stoppard and Soviet Dissent', Contemporary British History, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 484-504. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2016.1184093

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Hurst, M. (2016). ‘Slowing down the going-away process’ — Tom Stoppard and Soviet Dissent. Contemporary British History, 30(4), 484-504. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2016.1184093

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Hurst M. ‘Slowing down the going-away process’ — Tom Stoppard and Soviet Dissent. Contemporary British History. 2016 Jul 1;30(4):484-504. Epub 2016 Jun 13. doi: 10.1080/13619462.2016.1184093

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Hurst, Mark. / ‘Slowing down the going-away process’ — Tom Stoppard and Soviet Dissent. In: Contemporary British History. 2016 ; Vol. 30, No. 4. pp. 484-504.

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