Adventurers or commanders? Civil-Military relations in Georgia since independence

Civil-Military Relations in the Soviet and Yugoslav Successor States

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 35-52

  Jones, Stephen F ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 85082040988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429046780-3     Document Type: Chapter

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