After Westgate: Opportunities and challenges in the war against Al-Shabaab

International Affairs

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 907-923

  Williams, Paul D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84903691030     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: 14682346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2346.12147     Document Type: Article

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