Democracy, political similarity, and international alliances, 1816-1992

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-227

  Lai, Brian ^a   Reiter, Dan ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034164112     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002700044002003     Document Type: Article

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