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First Book Citation:
J. Cable, Britain's Naval Future, London: Macmillan, 1983, p. 102.

Subsequent Book Citations:
Cable, Britain's Naval Future., pp. 163-65.

First Article Citation:
D. Ross, Considering Soviet threats to the Persian Gulf.
International Security 6(2), 1981, p.164.

Subsequent Article Citations:
Ross, Considering Soviet threats to the Persian Gulf, pp. 163-67.

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