Diversionary Foreign Policy in Authoritarian States: The Use of Multiple Diversionary Strategies by Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War

The diversionary theory of war has been considered one of the most contested theories that link domestic and external conflicts. Thus far scholarship in this field has focused on one-time single diversionary attacks, which led to the temporary deflection of attention from domestic problems to extern...

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Main Author: Kilic B. Kanat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Henley-Putnam University 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Strategic Security
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol7/iss1/3/