Democracy, war initiation, and victory

American Political Science Review

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 377-389

  Reiter, Dan ^a   Stam III, Allan C ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032091240     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2585670     Document Type: Article

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