Do democracies make inferior counterinsurgents? Reassessing democracy's impact on war outcomes and duration

International Organization

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-192

  Lyall, Jason ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952501878     PISSN: 00208183     EISSN: 15315088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020818309990208     Document Type: Article

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