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5 - Sources of Military Effectiveness in Counterinsurgency

Evidence from the Philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2017

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Joseph Felter
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Dan Reiter
Dan Reiter
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Emory University, Atlanta
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The Sword's Other Edge
Trade-offs in the Pursuit of Military Effectiveness
 , pp. 126 - 160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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