Territory, proximity, and spatiality: The geography of international conflict

International Studies Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-406

  Starr, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; TERRITORY;

EID: 33747160174     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00506.x     Document Type: Review

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