The Human Terrain System and Anthropology: A Review of Ongoing Public Debates

American Anthropologist

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-153

  Forte, Maximilian C ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Human terrain system; Imperialism; Militarization; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951518860     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01315.x     Document Type: Review

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