Civil-military relations in post-communist Poland; problems in the transition to a democratic polity

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-100

  Herspring, Dale R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POST-COMMUNISM;

POLAND;

EID: 0034024757     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-067X(99)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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