Humanising Warfare, or Why Van Creveld May Be Missing the “Big Picture”

Millennium - Journal of International Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 449-460

  Coker, Christopher ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992804049     PISSN: 03058298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03058298000290020201     Document Type: Article

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