A plague of initials: Fragmentation, cohesion, and infighting in civil wars

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-283

  Bakke, Kristin M ^a   Cunningham, Kathleen Gallagher ^a   Seymour, Lee J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861889417     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592712000667     Document Type: Review

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