Persistence of civil wars
A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration. We provide a theory of the persistence of civil wars. The civilian government can successfully defeat rebellious factions only by creating a relatively strong army. In weakly-institutionalized polities this opens...
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| Language: | English |
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MIT Press,
2010-10-08T18:27:39Z.
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