Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of former combatants in Afghanistan: Lessons learned from a cross-cultural perspective

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 961-975

  Özerdem, Alpaslan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; MILITARY APPLICATION; POST-WAR; RECONSTRUCTION;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 26144432478     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143659022000028558     Document Type: Review

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