Avoiding crimes of obedience: A comparative study of the autobiographies of M. K. Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King, Jr

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-319

  Morselli, Davide ^a   Passini, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954942799     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10781911003773530     Document Type: Article

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