A socio-political and -cultural model of the war in Afghanistan

International Studies Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-30

  Geller, Armando ^a   Alam, Shah Jamal ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING; POLITICAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE; WAR;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 77949470212     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2009.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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