Wanton and senseless? The logic of massacres in Algeria

Rationality and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-285

  Kalyvas, Stathis N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algeria; Civil war; Civilian massacres; Insurgency; Political violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644452645     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346399011003001     Document Type: Article

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