Preventive war and democratic politics

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Levy, Jack S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POLITICAL POWER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WAR;

EID: 42449093284     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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