'One merchant, one bullet': The rise and fall of PAGAD

Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Monaghan, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13744263676     PISSN: 09662847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966284042000306712     Document Type: Article

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