Fall 1999, Vol. 24, No. 2, Pages 131-165
Posted Online March 29, 2006.
(doi:10.1162/016228899560202)
© 1999 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Coup-proofing: Its Practice and Consequences in the Middle East
James T. QuinlivanSenior Analyst at the RAND Corporation.
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