Diverting with benevolent military force: Reducing risks and rising above strategic behavior

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-299

  Kisangani, Emizet F ^a   Pickering, Jeffrey ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; MILITARY INTERVENTION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447279284     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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