From Melos to Baghdad: Explaining resistance to militarized challenges from more powerful states

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1025-1045

  Allen, Michael A ^a   Fordham, Benjamin O ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY INTERVENTION; NATION STATE; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; SOVEREIGNTY; WAR;

BAGHDAD [BAGHDAD (PRV)]; BAGHDAD [IRAQ]; CYCLADAS; GREECE; IRAQ; MILOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 80755167777     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2011.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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