The warrior ethos: Military culture and the war on terror

The Warrior Ethos: Military Culture and the War on Terror

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-170

  Coker, Christopher ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203089064     Document Type: Book

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