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Building National Armies after Civil War: Lessons from Bosnia, El Salvador, and Lebanon
Zoltan Barany looks at how national armies are built following the conclusion of civil wars and identifies lessons derived from three cases: Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, and Lebanon. He describes the key components of successful post-civil war building of an army.
Dictators and Their Secret Police: Coercive Institutions and State Violence, Sheena Chestnut Greitens Reviewed by Zoltan Barany
The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev, Daniel Treisman Reviewed by Zoltan Barany
The Politics of Russia’s Elusive Defense Reform, Zoltan Barany
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