Information, Commitment, and Intra-War Bargaining: The Effect of Governmental Constraints on Civil War Duration

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-321

  Thyne, Clayton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL POWER;

EID: 84862200293     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2012.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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