Problems plaguing the African Union peacekeeping forces

Defense and Security Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-279

  Feldman, Robert L ^a  

^a Foreign Military Studies Office   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; MILITARY INTERVENTION; PEACEKEEPING; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL POWER; REGIONAL SECURITY;

EID: 57049099663     PISSN: 14751798     EISSN: 14751801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14751790802321388     Document Type: Article

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