Wars of the past and war in the present: The Lord's Resistance Movement/Army in Uganda

Africa

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-220

  Finnström, Sverker ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; MILITARY INTERVENTION; POLITICAL HISTORY; VIOLENCE; WAR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 33745047124     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2006.76.2.200     Document Type: Article

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