Diversionary despots? comparing autocracies' propensities to use and to benefit from military force

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 477-493

  Pickering, Jeffrey ^a   Kisangani, Emizet F ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954265261     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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