Bush Generals and Small Boy Battalions : Military Cohesion in Liberia and Beyond

Bush Generals and Small Boy Battalions : Military Cohesion in Liberia and Beyond

All organizations involved in war are concerned with military cohesion. Yet previous studies have only investigated cohesion in a very narrow manner, focusing almost solely on Western state militaries or on micro-level explanations. This dissertation argues for the need to broaden this perspective....

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Main Author: Käihkö, Ilmari
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning 2016
Subjects:
Coercion
cohesion
compensation
ethnography
identity
ideology
Liberia
micro-dynamics of civil war
military sociology
strategy
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-283199
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-506-2545-5

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