Colonial war and the democratic peace

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 520-548

  Ravlo, Hilde ^a   Gleditsch, Nils Petter ^b   Dorussen, Han ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonial war; Democratic peace; Extrasystemic war; Imperialist colonization; Postcolonial period

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042206379     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002703254295     Document Type: Article

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