Considering population and war: A critical and neglected aspect of conflict studies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1532, 2009, Pages 3081-3092

  Thayer, Bradley A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil war; Great power war; Population decline; Population growth; Small state war; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TERRORISM;

EID: 70350460062     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0151     Document Type: Article

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