Good Times, Bad Times, and the Diversionary Use of Force: A Tale of Some Not-So-Free Agents

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 504-535

  Richards, Diana ^a   Morgan, T Clifton ^b   Wilson, Rick K ^b   Schwebach, Valerie L ^b   Young, Garry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21144470717     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002793037003005     Document Type: Article

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