"To halve and to hold": Conflicts over sacred space and the problem of indivisibility

Security Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1-33

  Hassner, Ron E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 5644282915     PISSN: 09636412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09636410390447617     Document Type: Article

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