Complex political perpetrators: Reflections on Dominic Ongwen

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-191

  Baines, Erin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 71749108713     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X09003796     Document Type: Article

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