Climate change and armed conflict: Hot and cold wars

Climate Change and Armed Conflict: Hot and Cold Wars

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-180

  Lee, James R ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American University's Center for Teaching Excellence   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203872208     Document Type: Book

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