Foreign policy in transition? Human rights, democracy, and U.S. arms exports

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 647-668

  Blanton, Shannon Lindsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMS TRADE; FOREIGN POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144453195     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2005.00382.x     Document Type: Review

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