US militarization in Africa: What anthropologists should know about AFRICOM

Anthropology Today

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 16-20

  Keenan, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56349130041     PISSN: 0268540X     EISSN: 14678322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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