Regaining Strategy: Small Powers, Strategic Culture, and Escalation in Afghanistan

Journal of Strategic Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 663-687

  Angstrom, Jan ^a   Honig, Jan Willem ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghan War; Escalation; Small States; Strategic Culture; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; HUMANITARIAN AID; POWER RELATIONS; STATE ROLE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WAR;

AFGHANISTAN; DENMARK; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84869173015     PISSN: 01402390     EISSN: 1743937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2012.706969     Document Type: Article

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