Aerial Bombing and Counterinsurgency in the Vietnam War

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-218

  Kocher, Matthew Adam ^a   Pepinsky, Thomas B ^b   Kalyvas, Stathis N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Government Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 79953289306     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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