Military intervention and the humanitarian "force multiplier"

Global Governance

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-118

  Lischer, Sarah Kenyon ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Humanitarian; Intervention; Iraq; Non governmental organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947208924     PISSN: 10752846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/19426720-01301007     Document Type: Review

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