It takes two: A dyadic analysis of civil war duration and outcome

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 570-597

  Cunningham, David E ^a   Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede ^b   Salehyan, Idean ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil war; Conflict outcome; Conflict termination; Nonstate actors; Rebels

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949148706     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002709336458     Document Type: Article

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