Russia's passive army: Rethinking military coups

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 924-952

  Taylor, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1177/0010414001034008004     Document Type: Article

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