Southeast Asian militaries in the age of democratization: From ruler to servant?

Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 314-332

  Croissant, Aurel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315674735-28     Document Type: Chapter

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