Alliance Formation in Civil Wars

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Alliance Formation in Civil Wars
Author : Fotini Christia
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 12 November 2012
ISBN : 9781107023024
Pages : 361 pages
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This book argues power balances, rather than shared identities, explain why warring Afghan groups aligned with and double-crossed each other.

Alliance Formation in Civil Wars

This book argues power balances, rather than shared identities, explain why warring Afghan groups aligned with and double-crossed each other.

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Alliance Formation in Civil Wars  Fotini Christia  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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