Militarism and motherhood: The women of the Lashkar-i-Tayyabia in Pakistan

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Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1023-1046

  Haq, Farhat ^a  

^a MONMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34249873560     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512729     Document Type: Article

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