
Professional Military Education as an Institution: A Short (Historical) Institutionalist Survey
By: Tamir Libel
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.79 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
Page range: 121 - 131
Submitted on: May 14, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 2, 2021
Published on: Apr 15, 2021
Published by: Scandinavian Military Studies
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