Culturally sensitive war? The Human Terrain System and the seduction of ethics

Security Dialogue

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-190

  Zehfuss, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anthropology; cultural knowledge; ethics; human terrain; research ethics; war

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859751799     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010612438431     Document Type: Article

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