Use of force and civil-military relations in Russia: An automated content analysis

Small Wars and Insurgencies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 319-343

  Stewart, Brandon M ^a   Zhukov, Yuri M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil military; Content analysis; Document classification; Elites; Russia; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050418677     PISSN: 09592318     EISSN: 17439558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09592310902975455     Document Type: Article

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