WAR is politics: Offensive realism, domestic politics, and security strategies

Security Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-195

  Lobell, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 5644303143     PISSN: 09636412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963-640291906825     Document Type: Article

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