Leader Incentives and Civil War Outcomes

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 70-84

  Prorok, Alyssa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil War; Leaders; War Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953840476     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12199     Document Type: Article

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