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Dictators at War and Peace. By Jessica L. P. Weeks. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014. 264p. $75.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2017

Jonathan D. Caverley*
Affiliation:
United States Naval War College

Abstract

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Type
Critical Dialogues
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2017 

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