The British armed forces: No trust, no representation, no change

Military Unionism in the Post-Cold War Era: A Future Reality?

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 17-34

  Bartle, Richard ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203968055     Document Type: Chapter

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