Does combat experience foster organizational skill? Evidence from ethnic cleansing during the partition of South Asia

American Political Science Review

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 883-907

  Jha, Saumitra ^a   Wilkinson, Steven ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873929275     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000305541200041X     Document Type: Article

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