Conflict specific capital: The role of weapons acquisition in civil war

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-72

  Marsh, Nicholas ^a  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Armed groups; Arms; Civil war

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; WEAPON;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846290347     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2007.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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