Colonial Institutions and Civil War: Indirect Rule and Maoist Insurgency in India
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Asian Studies
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1752-0401', '0021-9118']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00219118-10290953