Rebuilding the foundations of offense-defense theory

Journal of Politics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 741-774

  Biddle, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035536306     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-3816.00086     Document Type: Article

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