The enemy of my enemy is not my friend : a theory of rebel alliance patterns in civil war

Civil wars are rarely two-player affairs. Indeed, civil wars often feature several distinct rebel organizations contesting an incumbent’s territorial control, and while it would seem efficient for these rebel groups to ally with one another against the incumbent, the opposite occurs with surprising...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moncrief, Stephen Edward
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42854