Soldiers, monks, borders: Violence and contestation in the greater Mekong Sub-region

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-205

  Hughes, Caroline ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burma; Cambodia; Greater Mekong Sub region; Laos; Regional integration; Thailand; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952632086     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2011.553040     Document Type: Article

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