Civilianizing Civil Conflict: Civilian Defense Militias and the Logic of Violence in Intrastate Conflict
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عنوان ژورنال: International Studies Quarterly
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0020-8833,1468-2478
DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqv011