Buddhism and the justification of war: A case study from Sri Lanka

Just War in Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 93-108

  Harris, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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