The imperfect peace: Explaining paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland

Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-138

  Neumann, Peter R ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEACE PROCESS; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4744369226     PISSN: 09662847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966284042000268337     Document Type: Article

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